#FAE660#FAE660

#FAE660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.153 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE660
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -8.62, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 66.42, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0288 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.153 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.8352, 77.7650, 22.3957)
Luminance	0.7776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE660 #6074FA

analogous

#FA9960 #FAE660 #C1FA60

triadic

#FAE660 #60FAE6 #E660FA

tetradic

#FAE660 #60FA99 #6074FA #FA60C1

square

#FAE660 #60FA99 #6074FA #FA60C1

split-complementary

#FAE660 #60C1FA #9960FA

monochromatic

#D9BE07 #F8DD25 #FAE660 #FCEF9B #FEF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#FAE660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE660

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE660	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.153 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed92',
    500: '#fae660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae660;
$custom-light: #ffed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 93.902,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91665,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE660

secondary

#2C41D3

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE660

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

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