#FAE16D#FAE16D

#FAE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.138 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE16D
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -5.23, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 59.13, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0176 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.138 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.1125, 75.2815, 25.3554)
Luminance	0.7528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE16D #6D86FA

analogous

#FA9B6D #FAE16D #CCFA6D

triadic

#FAE16D #6DFAE1 #E16DFA

tetradic

#FAE16D #6DFA9B #6D86FA #FA6DCC

square

#FAE16D #6DFA9B #6D86FA #FA6DCC

split-complementary

#FAE16D #6DCCFA #9B6DFA

monochromatic

#E5BE08 #F8D532 #FAE16D #FCEDA8 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#FAE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE16D

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE16D	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.138 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#fae16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae16d;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90793,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE16D

secondary

#3652D5

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE16D

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

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