#FAE060#FAE060

#FAE060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.148 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE060
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 61.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -5.62, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 64.45, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0202 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.148 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.1942, 74.4829, 21.8487)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE060 #607AFA

analogous

#FA9360 #FAE060 #C7FA60

triadic

#FAE060 #60FAE0 #E060FA

tetradic

#FAE060 #60FA93 #607AFA #FA60C7

square

#FAE060 #60FA93 #607AFA #FA60C7

split-complementary

#FAE060 #60C7FA #9360FA

monochromatic

#D9B507 #F8D425 #FAE060 #FCEC9B #FEF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#FAE060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE060

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE060	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.148 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe992',
    500: '#fae060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae060;
$custom-light: #ffe992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 93.902,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90458,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE060

secondary

#2C48D3

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE060

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

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