#FAE665#FAE665

#FAE665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.149 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE665
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -8.29, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 64.31, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0273 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.149 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.0728, 77.8601, 23.6468)
Luminance	0.7786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE665 #6579FA

analogous

#FA9C65 #FAE665 #C4FA65

triadic

#FAE665 #65FAE6 #E665FA

tetradic

#FAE665 #65FA9C #6579FA #FA65C4

square

#FAE665 #65FA9C #6579FA #FA65C4

split-complementary

#FAE665 #65C4FA #9C65FA

monochromatic

#DDC107 #F8DC2A #FAE665 #FCF0A0 #FEF9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#FAE665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE665

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE665	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.149 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed95',
    500: '#fae665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae665;
$custom-light: #ffed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 93.711,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91713,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE665

secondary

#2F45D4

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE665

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

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