#FAE868#FAE868

#FAE868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE868
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.25, -9.08, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.25, 63.72, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0292 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.7822, 79.0395, 24.6217)
Luminance	0.7904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE868 #687AFA

analogous

#FA9F68 #FAE868 #C3FA68

triadic

#FAE868 #68FAE8 #E868FA

tetradic

#FAE868 #68FA9F #687AFA #FA68C3

square

#FAE868 #68FA9F #687AFA #FA68C3

split-complementary

#FAE868 #68C3FA #9F68FA

monochromatic

#E0C507 #F8DF2D #FAE868 #FCF1A3 #FEFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#FAE868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE868

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE868	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef97',
    500: '#fae868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae868;
$custom-light: #ffef97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 93.59,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92147,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE868

secondary

#3246D4

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE868

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

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