#FAE56D#FAE56D

#FAE56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE56D
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -7.24, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 60.49, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0234 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.2065, 77.4696, 25.7200)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE56D #6D82FA

analogous

#FA9E6D #FAE56D #C8FA6D

triadic

#FAE56D #6DFAE5 #E56DFA

tetradic

#FAE56D #6DFA9E #6D82FA #FA6DC8

square

#FAE56D #6DFA9E #6D82FA #FA6DC8

split-complementary

#FAE56D #6DC8FA #9E6DFA

monochromatic

#E5C408 #F8DA32 #FAE56D #FCF0A8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#FAE56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE56D

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE56D	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9a',
    500: '#fae56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae56d;
$custom-light: #ffec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91596,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE56D

secondary

#364ED5

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE56D

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

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