#FAE661#FAE661

#FAE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.152 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE661
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -8.55, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 66.00, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0285 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.152 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.8816, 77.7836, 22.6397)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE661 #6175FA

analogous

#FA9961 #FAE661 #C1FA61

triadic

#FAE661 #61FAE6 #E661FA

tetradic

#FAE661 #61FA99 #6175FA #FA61C1

square

#FAE661 #61FA99 #6175FA #FA61C1

split-complementary

#FAE661 #61C1FA #9961FA

monochromatic

#DABE07 #F8DD26 #FAE661 #FCEF9C #FEF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FAE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE661

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE661	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.152 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed93',
    500: '#fae661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae661;
$custom-light: #ffed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91674,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE661

secondary

#2C42D3

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE661

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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