#FAE764#FAE764

#FAE764 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.151 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE764
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 100)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -8.86, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 65.08, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.029 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.151 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.3032, 78.3988, 23.4834)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE764 #6477FA

analogous

#FA9C64 #FAE764 #C2FA64

triadic

#FAE764 #64FAE7 #E764FA

tetradic

#FAE764 #64FA9C #6477FA #FA64C2

square

#FAE764 #64FA9C #6477FA #FA64C2

split-complementary

#FAE764 #64C2FA #9C64FA

monochromatic

#DCC107 #F8DE29 #FAE764 #FCF09F #FEF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE764 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#FAE764 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE764

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE764	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE764	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)

#FBE155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae764;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.151 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee95',
    500: '#fae764',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae764;
$custom-light: #ffee95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae764",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.4,
    "s": 93.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91905,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE764

secondary

#2E43D4

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE764

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

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