#FAE06C#FAE06C

#FAE06C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.138 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE06C
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -4.80, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 59.24, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0165 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.138 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7894, 74.7210, 24.9836)
Luminance	0.7472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE06C #6C86FA

analogous

#FA996C #FAE06C #CDFA6C

triadic

#FAE06C #6CFAE0 #E06CFA

tetradic

#FAE06C #6CFA99 #6C86FA #FA6CCD

square

#FAE06C #6CFA99 #6C86FA #FA6CCD

split-complementary

#FAE06C #6CCDFA #996CFA

monochromatic

#E4BC08 #F8D431 #FAE06C #FCECA7 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE06C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#FAE06C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE06C

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE06C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE06C	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)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae06c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.138 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe999',
    500: '#fae06c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae06c;
$custom-light: #ffe999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae06c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90582,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE06C

secondary

#3553D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE06C

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

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