#FAE05B#FAE05B

#FAE05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.152 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE05B
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -5.92, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 66.53, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0216 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.152 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.9713, 74.3938, 20.6746)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE05B #5B75FA

analogous

#FA915B #FAE05B #C4FA5B

triadic

#FAE05B #5BFAE0 #E05BFA

tetradic

#FAE05B #5BFA91 #5B75FA #FA5BC4

square

#FAE05B #5BFA91 #5B75FA #FA5BC4

split-complementary

#FAE05B #5BC4FA #915BFA

monochromatic

#D4B306 #F8D520 #FAE05B #FCEB96 #FEF6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#FAE05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE05B

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE05B	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.152 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe98f',
    500: '#fae05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae05b;
$custom-light: #ffe98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.189,
    "s": 94.083,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90411,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE05B

secondary

#2B45CF

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE05B

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

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