#FAE26E#FAE26E

#FAE26E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.138 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE26E
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -5.66, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 59.01, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0187 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.138 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.4378, 75.8454, 25.7309)
Luminance	0.7584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE26E #6E86FA

analogous

#FA9C6E #FAE26E #CCFA6E

triadic

#FAE26E #6EFAE2 #E26EFA

tetradic

#FAE26E #6EFA9C #6E86FA #FA6ECC

square

#FAE26E #6EFA9C #6E86FA #FA6ECC

split-complementary

#FAE26E #6ECCFA #9C6EFA

monochromatic

#E6C008 #F8D633 #FAE26E #FCEEA9 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE26E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#FAE26E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE26E

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE26E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE26E	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae26e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.138 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#fae26e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae26e;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae26e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91005,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE26E

secondary

#3752D5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE26E

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

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