#FAE761#FAE761

#FAE761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.153 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE761
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -9.05, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 66.34, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0299 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.153 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.1607, 78.3417, 22.7327)
Luminance	0.7834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE761 #6174FA

analogous

#FA9A61 #FAE761 #C0FA61

triadic

#FAE761 #61FAE7 #E761FA

tetradic

#FAE761 #61FA9A #6174FA #FA61C0

square

#FAE761 #61FA9A #6174FA #FA61C0

split-complementary

#FAE761 #61C0FA #9A61FA

monochromatic

#DAC007 #F8DE26 #FAE761 #FCF09C #FEF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#FAE761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE761

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE761	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.153 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee93',
    500: '#fae761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae761;
$custom-light: #ffee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91876,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE761

secondary

#2C41D3

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE761

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

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