#FAE56B#FAE56B

#FAE56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.143 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE56B
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -7.38, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 61.37, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.024 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.143 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1001, 77.4270, 25.1595)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE56B #6B80FA

analogous

#FA9E6B #FAE56B #C7FA6B

triadic

#FAE56B #6BFAE5 #E56BFA

tetradic

#FAE56B #6BFA9E #6B80FA #FA6BC7

square

#FAE56B #6BFA9E #6B80FA #FA6BC7

split-complementary

#FAE56B #6BC7FA #9E6BFA

monochromatic

#E3C308 #F8DB30 #FAE56B #FCEFA6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FAE56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE56B

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE56B	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.143 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec99',
    500: '#fae56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae56b;
$custom-light: #ffec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91574,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE56B

secondary

#354CD5

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE56B

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

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