#FAE46E#FAE46E

#FAE46E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE46E
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -6.66, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 59.70, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0216 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.9848, 76.9395, 25.9132)
Luminance	0.7694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE46E #6E84FA

analogous

#FA9E6E #FAE46E #CAFA6E

triadic

#FAE46E #6EFAE4 #E46EFA

tetradic

#FAE46E #6EFA9E #6E84FA #FA6ECA

square

#FAE46E #6EFA9E #6E84FA #FA6ECA

split-complementary

#FAE46E #6ECAFA #9E6EFA

monochromatic

#E6C308 #F8D933 #FAE46E #FCEFA9 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#FAE46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE46E

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE46E	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9b',
    500: '#fae46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae46e;
$custom-light: #ffec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91406,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE46E

secondary

#3750D5

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE46E

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

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