#FAE16A#FAE16A

#FAE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE16A
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -5.45, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 60.46, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0186 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.141 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.9538, 75.2180, 24.5193)
Luminance	0.7521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE16A #6A83FA

analogous

#FA996A #FAE16A #CBFA6A

triadic

#FAE16A #6AFAE1 #E16AFA

tetradic

#FAE16A #6AFA99 #6A83FA #FA6ACB

square

#FAE16A #6AFA99 #6A83FA #FA6ACB

split-complementary

#FAE16A #6ACBFA #996AFA

monochromatic

#E2BC08 #F8D52F #FAE16A #FCEDA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#FAE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE16A

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE16A	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea98',
    500: '#fae16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae16a;
$custom-light: #ffea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9076,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE16A

secondary

#3450D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE16A

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

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