#FAE676#FAE676

#FAE676 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.134 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE676
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 118)
HSL	hsl(51, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -7.05, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 56.79, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0219 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.134 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.9935, 78.2284, 28.4960)
Luminance	0.7823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE676 #768AFA

analogous

#FAA476 #FAE676 #CCFA76

triadic

#FAE676 #76FAE6 #E676FA

tetradic

#FAE676 #76FAA4 #768AFA #FA76CC

square

#FAE676 #76FAA4 #768AFA #FA76CC

split-complementary

#FAE676 #76CCFA #A476FA

monochromatic

#EDCA09 #F8DB3B #FAE676 #FCF1B1 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE676 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#FAE676 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE676

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE676	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE676	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae676;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.134 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda0',
    500: '#fae676',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae676;
$custom-light: #feeda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae676",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.919,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE676

secondary

#3E55D6

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE676

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

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