#FAE26F#FAE26F

#FAE26F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.137 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE26F
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.80, -5.58, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.80, 58.57, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0184 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.137 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.4925, 75.8673, 26.0192)
Luminance	0.7586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE26F #6F87FA

analogous

#FA9C6F #FAE26F #CDFA6F

triadic

#FAE26F #6FFAE2 #E26FFA

tetradic

#FAE26F #6FFA9C #6F87FA #FA6FCD

square

#FAE26F #6FFA9C #6F87FA #FA6FCD

split-complementary

#FAE26F #6FCDFA #9C6FFA

monochromatic

#E7C008 #F8D634 #FAE26F #FCEEAA #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE26F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#FAE26F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE26F

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE26F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE26F	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)

#F5DD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae26f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.137 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#fae26f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae26f;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae26f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91016,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE26F

secondary

#3853D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE26F

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

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