#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
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -9.35, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 65.43, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0304 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.152 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.5839, 78.9601, 23.5769)
Luminance	0.7896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##FAE864	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #FAE864

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

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