#FAE46F#FAE46F

#FAE46F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE46F
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -6.59, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 59.25, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0213 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0395, 76.9614, 26.2016)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE46F #6F85FA

analogous

#FA9E6F #FAE46F #CAFA6F

triadic

#FAE46F #6FFAE4 #E46FFA

tetradic

#FAE46F #6FFA9E #6F85FA #FA6FCA

square

#FAE46F #6FFA9E #6F85FA #FA6FCA

split-complementary

#FAE46F #6FCAFA #9E6FFA

monochromatic

#E7C308 #F8D934 #FAE46F #FCEFAA #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#FAE46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE46F

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE46F	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)

#F7DF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9c',
    500: '#fae46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae46f;
$custom-light: #ffec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91417,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE46F

secondary

#3851D5

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE46F

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

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