#FAE66E#FAE66E

#FAE66E 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 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE66E
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -7.66, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 60.39, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0245 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(70.5382, 78.0462, 26.0977)
Luminance	0.7804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE66E #6E82FA

analogous

#FAA06E #FAE66E #C8FA6E

triadic

#FAE66E #6EFAE6 #E66EFA

tetradic

#FAE66E #6EFAA0 #6E82FA #FA6EC8

square

#FAE66E #6EFAA0 #6E82FA #FA6EC8

split-complementary

#FAE66E #6EC8FA #A06EFA

monochromatic

#E6C608 #F8DC33 #FAE66E #FCF0A9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE66E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#FAE66E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE66E

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE66E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE66E	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae66e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9b',
    500: '#fae66e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae66e;
$custom-light: #ffed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae66e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91808,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.78043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE66E

secondary

#374ED5

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE66E

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

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