#FAE06D#FAE06D

#FAE06D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.137 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE06D
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -4.73, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 58.79, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0162 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.137 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.8430, 74.7425, 25.2655)
Luminance	0.7474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE06D #6D87FA

analogous

#FA996D #FAE06D #CEFA6D

triadic

#FAE06D #6DFAE0 #E06DFA

tetradic

#FAE06D #6DFA99 #6D87FA #FA6DCE

square

#FAE06D #6DFA99 #6D87FA #FA6DCE

split-complementary

#FAE06D #6DCEFA #996DFA

monochromatic

#E5BC08 #F8D332 #FAE06D #FCEDA8 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#FAE06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE06D

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE06D	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.137 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe99a',
    500: '#fae06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae06d;
$custom-light: #ffe99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90594,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE06D

secondary

#3654D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE06D

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

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