#FAE76A#FAE76A

#FAE76A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.146 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE76A
RGBrgb(250, 231, 106)
HSLhsl(52, 94%, 70%)
HSVhsv(52, 58%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.02, -8.45, 61.93)
CIE-LCHlch(91.02, 62.50, 97.77°)
OKLaboklab(91.97% -0.0272 0.1433)
OKLCHoklch(91.97% 0.146 100.7)
XYZxyz(70.6044, 78.5192, 25.0695)
Luminance0.7852 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE76A #6A7DFA
analogous
#FA9F6A #FAE76A #C5FA6A
triadic
#FAE76A #6AFAE7 #E76AFA
tetradic
#FAE76A #6AFA9F #6A7DFA #FA6AC5
square
#FAE76A #6AFA9F #6A7DFA #FA6AC5
split-complementary
#FAE76A #6AC5FA #9F6AFA
monochromatic
#E2C508 #F8DD2F #FAE76A #FCF1A5 #FEFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26
#FAE76A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70
#FAE76A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE76A
16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE76A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE76A1.001.2616.7016.70
#FFFFFF1.261.0021.0021.00
#00000016.7021.001.001.00
##00000016.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FAE15D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE970
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD8CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae76a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.146 100.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee99',
    500: '#fae76a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae76a;
$custom-light: #ffee99;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae76a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91966,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE76A
secondary
#3449D5
accent
#1EE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#FAE76A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva