#FAE669#FAE669

#FAE669 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE669
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 105)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -8.02, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 62.59, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0261 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.2736, 77.9404, 24.7042)
Luminance	0.7794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE669 #697DFA

analogous

#FA9E69 #FAE669 #C6FA69

triadic

#FAE669 #69FAE6 #E669FA

tetradic

#FAE669 #69FA9E #697DFA #FA69C6

square

#FAE669 #69FA9E #697DFA #FA69C6

split-complementary

#FAE669 #69C6FA #9E69FA

monochromatic

#E1C308 #F8DC2E #FAE669 #FCF0A4 #FEFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FAE669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE669

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE669	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed98',
    500: '#fae669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae669;
$custom-light: #ffed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91754,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE669

secondary

#3349D4

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE669

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

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