#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
RGBrgb(250, 224, 107)
HSLhsl(49, 93%, 70%)
HSVhsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(89.25, -4.87, 59.48)
CIE-LCHlch(89.25, 59.68, 94.68°)
OKLaboklab(90.57% -0.0168 0.1382)
OKLCHoklch(90.57% 0.139 96.9)
XYZxyz(68.7365, 74.6999, 24.7050)
Luminance0.7470 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##FAE06B1.001.3215.9415.94
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9421.001.001.00
##00000015.9421.001.001.00

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

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#FAE06B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva