#FAE26A#FAE26A

#FAE26A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE26A
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.75, -5.95, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.75, 60.79, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.02 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.2249, 75.7603, 24.6097)
Luminance	0.7576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE26A #6A82FA

analogous

#FA9A6A #FAE26A #CAFA6A

triadic

#FAE26A #6AFAE2 #E26AFA

tetradic

#FAE26A #6AFA9A #6A82FA #FA6ACA

square

#FAE26A #6AFA9A #6A82FA #FA6ACA

split-complementary

#FAE26A #6ACAFA #9A6AFA

monochromatic

#E2BE08 #F8D62F #FAE26A #FCEEA5 #FEF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE26A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#FAE26A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE26A

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE26A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE26A	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae26a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea98',
    500: '#fae26a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae26a;
$custom-light: #ffea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae26a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90961,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE26A

secondary

#344ED5

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE26A

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

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