#FAE26B#FAE26B

#FAE26B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE26B
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -5.88, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 60.35, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0197 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(69.2772, 75.7812, 24.8852)
Luminance	0.7578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE26B #6B83FA

analogous

#FA9A6B #FAE26B #CBFA6B

triadic

#FAE26B #6BFAE2 #E26BFA

tetradic

#FAE26B #6BFA9A #6B83FA #FA6BCB

square

#FAE26B #6BFA9A #6B83FA #FA6BCB

split-complementary

#FAE26B #6BCBFA #9A6BFA

monochromatic

#E3BE08 #F8D630 #FAE26B #FCEEA6 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE26B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FAE26B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE26B

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE26B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE26B	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae26b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea99',
    500: '#fae26b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae26b;
$custom-light: #ffea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae26b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90971,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.75778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE26B

secondary

#354FD5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE26B

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

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