#FAE662#FAE662

#FAE662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.152 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE662
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -8.49, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 65.58, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0282 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.152 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.9285, 77.8023, 22.8868)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE662 #6276FA

analogous

#FA9A62 #FAE662 #C2FA62

triadic

#FAE662 #62FAE6 #E662FA

tetradic

#FAE662 #62FA9A #6276FA #FA62C2

square

#FAE662 #62FA9A #6276FA #FA62C2

split-complementary

#FAE662 #62C2FA #9A62FA

monochromatic

#DBBF07 #F8DD27 #FAE662 #FCEF9D #FEF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FAE662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE662

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE662	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)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.152 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed94',
    500: '#fae662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae662;
$custom-light: #ffed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 93.827,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91684,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE662

secondary

#2D43D3

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE662

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

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