#FAE270#FAE270

#FAE270 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.136 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE270
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -5.51, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 58.12, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0181 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.136 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.5479, 75.8895, 26.3108)
Luminance	0.7589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE270 #7088FA

analogous

#FA9D70 #FAE270 #CDFA70

triadic

#FAE270 #70FAE2 #E270FA

tetradic

#FAE270 #70FA9D #7088FA #FA70CD

square

#FAE270 #70FA9D #7088FA #FA70CD

split-complementary

#FAE270 #70CDFA #9D70FA

monochromatic

#E8C108 #F8D635 #FAE270 #FCEEAB #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#FAE270 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE270

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE270	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.136 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9c',
    500: '#fae270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae270;
$custom-light: #ffea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91028,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE270

secondary

#3954D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE270

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

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