#FAE663#FAE663

#FAE663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE663
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -8.42, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 65.16, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0279 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.9760, 77.8213, 23.1370)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE663 #6377FA

analogous

#FA9A63 #FAE663 #C2FA63

triadic

#FAE663 #63FAE6 #E663FA

tetradic

#FAE663 #63FA9A #6377FA #FA63C2

square

#FAE663 #63FA9A #6377FA #FA63C2

split-complementary

#FAE663 #63C2FA #9A63FA

monochromatic

#DCBF07 #F8DC28 #FAE663 #FCF09E #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE663 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FAE663 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE663

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE663	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE663	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)

#FAE054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae663;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed94',
    500: '#fae663',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae663;
$custom-light: #ffed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae663",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91693,
    "c": 0.15078,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE663

secondary

#2E44D4

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE663

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

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