#FAE16B#FAE16B

#FAE16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.140 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE16B
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -5.38, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 60.01, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0183 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.14 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0061, 75.2390, 24.7948)
Luminance	0.7524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE16B #6B84FA

analogous

#FA996B #FAE16B #CCFA6B

triadic

#FAE16B #6BFAE1 #E16BFA

tetradic

#FAE16B #6BFA99 #6B84FA #FA6BCC

square

#FAE16B #6BFA99 #6B84FA #FA6BCC

split-complementary

#FAE16B #6BCCFA #996BFA

monochromatic

#E3BD08 #F8D530 #FAE16B #FCEDA6 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FAE16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE16B

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE16B	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.140 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea99',
    500: '#fae16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae16b;
$custom-light: #ffea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90771,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE16B

secondary

#3551D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE16B

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

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