#FAE06A#FAE06A

#FAE06A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE06A
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -4.94, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 60.13, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0171 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(68.6842, 74.6790, 24.4295)
Luminance	0.7468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE06A #6A84FA

analogous

#FA986A #FAE06A #CCFA6A

triadic

#FAE06A #6AFAE0 #E06AFA

tetradic

#FAE06A #6AFA98 #6A84FA #FA6ACC

square

#FAE06A #6AFA98 #6A84FA #FA6ACC

split-complementary

#FAE06A #6ACCFA #986AFA

monochromatic

#E2BB08 #F8D42F #FAE06A #FCECA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE06A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FAE06A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE06A

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE06A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE06A	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae06a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe998',
    500: '#fae06a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae06a;
$custom-light: #ffe998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae06a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9056,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.74676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE06A

secondary

#3451D5

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE06A

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

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