#FAE869#FAE869

#FAE869 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.148 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE869
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -9.02, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 63.29, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0289 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.148 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.8333, 79.0599, 24.8908)
Luminance	0.7906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE869 #697BFA

analogous

#FAA069 #FAE869 #C3FA69

triadic

#FAE869 #69FAE8 #E869FA

tetradic

#FAE869 #69FAA0 #697BFA #FA69C3

square

#FAE869 #69FAA0 #697BFA #FA69C3

split-complementary

#FAE869 #69C3FA #A069FA

monochromatic

#E1C608 #F8DF2E #FAE869 #FCF1A4 #FEFADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#FAE869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE869

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE869	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)

#FBE25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.148 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef98',
    500: '#fae869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae869;
$custom-light: #ffef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92158,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE869

secondary

#3347D4

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE869

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

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