#FAE56F#FAE56F

#FAE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE56F
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -7.09, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 59.60, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0227 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.3154, 77.5131, 26.2935)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE56F #6F84FA

analogous

#FA9F6F #FAE56F #CAFA6F

triadic

#FAE56F #6FFAE5 #E56FFA

tetradic

#FAE56F #6FFA9F #6F84FA #FA6FCA

square

#FAE56F #6FFA9F #6F84FA #FA6FCA

split-complementary

#FAE56F #6FCAFA #9F6FFA

monochromatic

#E7C508 #F8DA34 #FAE56F #FCF0AA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#FAE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE56F

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE56F	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)

#F8DF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9c',
    500: '#fae56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae56f;
$custom-light: #ffed9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91618,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE56F

secondary

#3850D5

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE56F

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

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