#FAE66F#FAE66F

#FAE66F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE66F
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -7.59, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 59.95, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0242 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.5929, 78.0681, 26.3860)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE66F #6F83FA

analogous

#FAA06F #FAE66F #C8FA6F

triadic

#FAE66F #6FFAE6 #E66FFA

tetradic

#FAE66F #6FFAA0 #6F83FA #FA6FC8

square

#FAE66F #6FFAA0 #6F83FA #FA6FC8

split-complementary

#FAE66F #6FC8FA #A06FFA

monochromatic

#E7C708 #F8DC34 #FAE66F #FCF0AA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE66F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#FAE66F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE66F

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE66F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE66F	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)

#F9E063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae66f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffed9c',
    500: '#fae66f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae66f;
$custom-light: #ffed9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae66f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91819,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE66F

secondary

#384FD5

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE66F

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

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