#FAE06B#FAE06B

#FAE06B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.139 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE06B
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 107)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -4.87, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 59.68, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0168 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.139 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7365, 74.6999, 24.7050)
Luminance	0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE06B #6B85FA

analogous

#FA996B #FAE06B #CCFA6B

triadic

#FAE06B #6BFAE0 #E06BFA

tetradic

#FAE06B #6BFA99 #6B85FA #FA6BCC

square

#FAE06B #6BFA99 #6B85FA #FA6BCC

split-complementary

#FAE06B #6BCCFA #996BFA

monochromatic

#E3BB08 #F8D430 #FAE06B #FCECA6 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE06B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FAE06B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE06B

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE06B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE06B	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)

#F3DB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae06b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.139 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe999',
    500: '#fae06b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae06b;
$custom-light: #ffe999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae06b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90571,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE06B

secondary

#3552D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE06B

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

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