#FAE763#FAE763

#FAE763 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 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE763
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -8.92, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 65.50, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0293 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2551, 78.3795, 23.2301)
Luminance	0.7838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE763 #6376FA

analogous

#FA9B63 #FAE763 #C2FA63

triadic

#FAE763 #63FAE7 #E763FA

tetradic

#FAE763 #63FA9B #6376FA #FA63C2

square

#FAE763 #63FA9B #6376FA #FA63C2

split-complementary

#FAE763 #63C2FA #9B63FA

monochromatic

#DCC107 #F8DE28 #FAE763 #FCF09E #FEF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE763 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#FAE763 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE763

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE763	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE763	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae763;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee94',
    500: '#fae763',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae763;
$custom-light: #ffee94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae763",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91895,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE763

secondary

#2E42D4

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE763

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

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