#FAE762#FAE762

#FAE762 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.152 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE762
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -8.99, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 65.93, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0296 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2076, 78.3605, 22.9798)
Luminance	0.7836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE762 #6275FA

analogous

#FA9B62 #FAE762 #C1FA62

triadic

#FAE762 #62FAE7 #E762FA

tetradic

#FAE762 #62FA9B #6275FA #FA62C1

square

#FAE762 #62FA9B #6275FA #FA62C1

split-complementary

#FAE762 #62C1FA #9B62FA

monochromatic

#DBC007 #F8DE27 #FAE762 #FCF09D #FEF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#FAE762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE762

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE762	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)

#FBE153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee94',
    500: '#fae762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae762;
$custom-light: #ffee94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 93.827,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91886,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE762

secondary

#2D42D3

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE762

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

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