#FAE66B#FAE66B

#FAE66B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE66B
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 107)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -7.88, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 61.72, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0255 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.3776, 77.9820, 25.2520)
Luminance	0.7798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE66B #6B7FFA

analogous

#FA9E6B #FAE66B #C7FA6B

triadic

#FAE66B #6BFAE6 #E66BFA

tetradic

#FAE66B #6BFA9E #6B7FFA #FA6BC7

square

#FAE66B #6BFA9E #6B7FFA #FA6BC7

split-complementary

#FAE66B #6BC7FA #9E6BFA

monochromatic

#E3C408 #F8DC30 #FAE66B #FCF0A6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE66B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#FAE66B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE66B

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE66B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE66B	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae66b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed99',
    500: '#fae66b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae66b;
$custom-light: #ffed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae66b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91775,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE66B

secondary

#354BD5

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE66B

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

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