#FAE16C#FAE16C

#FAE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.139 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE16C
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -5.30, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 59.57, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0179 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.139 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.0590, 75.2601, 25.0735)
Luminance	0.7526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE16C #6C85FA

analogous

#FA9A6C #FAE16C #CCFA6C

triadic

#FAE16C #6CFAE1 #E16CFA

tetradic

#FAE16C #6CFA9A #6C85FA #FA6CCC

square

#FAE16C #6CFA9A #6C85FA #FA6CCC

split-complementary

#FAE16C #6CCCFA #9A6CFA

monochromatic

#E4BD08 #F8D531 #FAE16C #FCEDA7 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#FAE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE16C

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE16C	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)

#F4DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.139 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea99',
    500: '#fae16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae16c;
$custom-light: #ffea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90782,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE16C

secondary

#3551D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE16C

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

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