#FAE769#FAE769

#FAE769 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.147 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE769
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 105)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -8.52, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 62.94, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.96% -0.0275 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(91.96% 0.147 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5527, 78.4985, 24.7972)
Luminance	0.7850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE769 #697CFA

analogous

#FA9F69 #FAE769 #C5FA69

triadic

#FAE769 #69FAE7 #E769FA

tetradic

#FAE769 #69FA9F #697CFA #FA69C5

square

#FAE769 #69FA9F #697CFA #FA69C5

split-complementary

#FAE769 #69C5FA #9F69FA

monochromatic

#E1C508 #F8DE2E #FAE769 #FCF0A4 #FEFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FAE769 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE769

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE769	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.147 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee98',
    500: '#fae769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae769;
$custom-light: #ffee98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91956,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE769

secondary

#3348D4

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE769

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

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