#FAE46B#FAE46B

#FAE46B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE46B
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -6.88, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 61.02, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0226 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8242, 76.8752, 25.0675)
Luminance	0.7687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE46B #6B81FA

analogous

#FA9C6B #FAE46B #C9FA6B

triadic

#FAE46B #6BFAE4 #E46BFA

tetradic

#FAE46B #6BFA9C #6B81FA #FA6BC9

square

#FAE46B #6BFA9C #6B81FA #FA6BC9

split-complementary

#FAE46B #6BC9FA #9C6BFA

monochromatic

#E3C108 #F8D930 #FAE46B #FCEFA6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FAE46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE46B

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE46B	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec99',
    500: '#fae46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae46b;
$custom-light: #ffec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91373,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE46B

secondary

#354DD5

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE46B

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

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