#FAE35E#FAE35E

#FAE35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.152 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE35E
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -7.24, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 66.25, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0251 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.152 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.9167, 76.0733, 21.6410)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE35E #5E75FA

analogous

#FA955E #FAE35E #C3FA5E

triadic

#FAE35E #5EFAE3 #E35EFA

tetradic

#FAE35E #5EFA95 #5E75FA #FA5EC3

square

#FAE35E #5EFA95 #5E75FA #FA5EC3

split-complementary

#FAE35E #5EC3FA #955EFA

monochromatic

#D7B807 #F8D923 #FAE35E #FCED99 #FEF8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#FAE35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE35E

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE35E	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.152 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb91',
    500: '#fae35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae35e;
$custom-light: #ffeb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.154,
    "s": 93.976,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91041,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE35E

secondary

#2B44D1

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE35E

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

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