#FAE864#FAE864

#FAE864 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.152 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE864
RGBrgb(250, 232, 100)
HSLhsl(53, 94%, 69%)
HSVhsv(53, 60%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.22, -9.35, 64.76)
CIE-LCHlch(91.22, 65.43, 98.22°)
OKLaboklab(92.11% -0.0304 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(92.11% 0.152 101.6)
XYZxyz(70.5839, 78.9601, 23.5769)
Luminance0.7896 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE864 #6476FA
analogous
#FA9D64 #FAE864 #C1FA64
triadic
#FAE864 #64FAE8 #E864FA
tetradic
#FAE864 #64FA9D #6476FA #FA64C1
square
#FAE864 #64FA9D #6476FA #FA64C1
split-complementary
#FAE864 #64C1FA #9D64FA
monochromatic
#DCC307 #F8DF29 #FAE864 #FCF19F #FEFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25
#FAE864 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79
#FAE864 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE864
16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE864#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE8641.001.2516.7916.79
#FFFFFF1.251.0021.0021.00
#00000016.7921.001.001.00
##00000016.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBE155
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE96B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD9CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.152 101.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef95',
    500: '#fae864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae864;
$custom-light: #ffef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 93.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92107,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE864
secondary
#2E42D4
accent
#1CE600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#FAE864 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva