#FAE36E#FAE36E

#FAE36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.139 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE36E
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -6.16, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 59.35, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0202 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.139 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.7105, 76.3909, 25.8218)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE36E #6E85FA

analogous

#FA9D6E #FAE36E #CBFA6E

triadic

#FAE36E #6EFAE3 #E36EFA

tetradic

#FAE36E #6EFA9D #6E85FA #FA6ECB

square

#FAE36E #6EFA9D #6E85FA #FA6ECB

split-complementary

#FAE36E #6ECBFA #9D6EFA

monochromatic

#E6C108 #F8D833 #FAE36E #FCEEA9 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#FAE36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE36E

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE36E	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.139 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb9b',
    500: '#fae36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae36e;
$custom-light: #ffeb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91205,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE36E

secondary

#3751D5

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE36E

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

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