#FAE56E#FAE56E

#FAE56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE56E
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -7.16, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 60.04, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0231 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.2607, 77.4912, 26.0052)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE56E #6E83FA

analogous

#FA9F6E #FAE56E #C9FA6E

triadic

#FAE56E #6EFAE5 #E56EFA

tetradic

#FAE56E #6EFA9F #6E83FA #FA6EC9

square

#FAE56E #6EFA9F #6E83FA #FA6EC9

split-complementary

#FAE56E #6EC9FA #9F6EFA

monochromatic

#E6C408 #F8DA33 #FAE56E #FCF0A9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#FAE56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE56E

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE56E	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9b',
    500: '#fae56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae56e;
$custom-light: #ffec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91607,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE56E

secondary

#374FD5

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE56E

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

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