#FAE26D#FAE26D

#FAE26D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.139 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE26D
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -5.73, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 59.46, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0191 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.139 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.3836, 75.8238, 25.4457)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE26D #6D85FA

analogous

#FA9B6D #FAE26D #CCFA6D

triadic

#FAE26D #6DFAE2 #E26DFA

tetradic

#FAE26D #6DFA9B #6D85FA #FA6DCC

square

#FAE26D #6DFA9B #6D85FA #FA6DCC

split-complementary

#FAE26D #6DCCFA #9B6DFA

monochromatic

#E5BF08 #F8D632 #FAE26D #FCEEA8 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#FAE26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE26D

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE26D	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)

#F5DD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.139 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#fae26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae26d;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90994,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE26D

secondary

#3651D5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE26D

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

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