#FAE36B#FAE36B

#FAE36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE36B
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -6.38, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 60.68, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.17% -0.0211 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(91.17% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.5499, 76.3266, 24.9761)
Luminance	0.7632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE36B #6B82FA

analogous

#FA9C6B #FAE36B #C9FA6B

triadic

#FAE36B #6BFAE3 #E36BFA

tetradic

#FAE36B #6BFA9C #6B82FA #FA6BC9

square

#FAE36B #6BFA9C #6B82FA #FA6BC9

split-complementary

#FAE36B #6BC9FA #9C6BFA

monochromatic

#E3C008 #F8D830 #FAE36B #FCEEA6 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FAE36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE36B

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE36B	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb99',
    500: '#fae36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae36b;
$custom-light: #ffeb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91172,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE36B

secondary

#354ED5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE36B

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

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