#FAE06E#FAE06E

#FAE06E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE06E
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -4.65, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 58.35, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0158 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8971, 74.7641, 25.5506)
Luminance	0.7476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE06E #6E88FA

analogous

#FA9A6E #FAE06E #CEFA6E

triadic

#FAE06E #6EFAE0 #E06EFA

tetradic

#FAE06E #6EFA9A #6E88FA #FA6ECE

square

#FAE06E #6EFA9A #6E88FA #FA6ECE

split-complementary

#FAE06E #6ECEFA #9A6EFA

monochromatic

#E6BC08 #F8D333 #FAE06E #FCEDA9 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FAE06E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#FAE06E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE06E

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE06E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE06E	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)

#F3DB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae06e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe99b',
    500: '#fae06e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae06e;
$custom-light: #ffe99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae06e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90605,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE06E

secondary

#3754D5

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE06E

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

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