#FAE276#FAE276

#FAE276 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.131 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE276
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -5.04, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 55.39, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0161 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.131 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8932, 76.0276, 28.1292)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE276 #768EFA

analogous

#FAA076 #FAE276 #D0FA76

triadic

#FAE276 #76FAE2 #E276FA

tetradic

#FAE276 #76FAA0 #768EFA #FA76D0

square

#FAE276 #76FAA0 #768EFA #FA76D0

split-complementary

#FAE276 #76D0FA #A076FA

monochromatic

#EDC309 #F8D63B #FAE276 #FCEEB1 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#FAE276 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE276

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE276	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.131 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa0',
    500: '#fae276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae276;
$custom-light: #feeaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91099,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE276

secondary

#3E5AD6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE276

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

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