#FAE16E#FAE16E

#FAE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.137 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE16E
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -5.16, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 58.68, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0173 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.137 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.1666, 75.3032, 25.6405)
Luminance	0.7530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE16E #6E87FA

analogous

#FA9B6E #FAE16E #CDFA6E

triadic

#FAE16E #6EFAE1 #E16EFA

tetradic

#FAE16E #6EFA9B #6E87FA #FA6ECD

square

#FAE16E #6EFA9B #6E87FA #FA6ECD

split-complementary

#FAE16E #6ECDFA #9B6EFA

monochromatic

#E6BE08 #F8D533 #FAE16E #FCEDA9 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#FAE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE16E

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE16E	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)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.137 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#fae16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae16e;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90805,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE16E

secondary

#3753D5

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE16E

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

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