#FAE66D#FAE66D

#FAE66D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE66D
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -7.73, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 60.84, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0248 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(70.4840, 78.0246, 25.8125)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE66D #6D81FA

analogous

#FA9F6D #FAE66D #C8FA6D

triadic

#FAE66D #6DFAE6 #E66DFA

tetradic

#FAE66D #6DFA9F #6D81FA #FA6DC8

square

#FAE66D #6DFA9F #6D81FA #FA6DC8

split-complementary

#FAE66D #6DC8FA #9F6DFA

monochromatic

#E5C508 #F8DC32 #FAE66D #FCF0A8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#FAE66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE66D

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE66D	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	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)

#F9E061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9a',
    500: '#fae66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae66d;
$custom-light: #ffed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91797,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.78022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE66D

secondary

#364DD5

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE66D

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

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