#FAE46D#FAE46D

#FAE46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE46D
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -6.74, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 60.14, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0219 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(69.9306, 76.9178, 25.6281)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE46D #6D83FA

analogous

#FA9D6D #FAE46D #CAFA6D

triadic

#FAE46D #6DFAE4 #E46DFA

tetradic

#FAE46D #6DFA9D #6D83FA #FA6DCA

square

#FAE46D #6DFA9D #6D83FA #FA6DCA

split-complementary

#FAE46D #6DCAFA #9D6DFA

monochromatic

#E5C208 #F8D932 #FAE46D #FCEFA8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#FAE46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE46D

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE46D	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9a',
    500: '#fae46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae46d;
$custom-light: #ffec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91395,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.76915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE46D

secondary

#364FD5

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE46D

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

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