#FAE76D#FAE76D

#FAE76D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE76D
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -8.23, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 61.19, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0262 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.7631, 78.5827, 25.9056)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE76D #6D80FA

analogous

#FAA06D #FAE76D #C6FA6D

triadic

#FAE76D #6DFAE7 #E76DFA

tetradic

#FAE76D #6DFAA0 #6D80FA #FA6DC6

square

#FAE76D #6DFAA0 #6D80FA #FA6DC6

split-complementary

#FAE76D #6DC6FA #A06DFA

monochromatic

#E5C708 #F8DD32 #FAE76D #FCF1A8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE76D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#FAE76D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE76D

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE76D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE76D	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae76d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee9a',
    500: '#fae76d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae76d;
$custom-light: #ffee9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae76d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91998,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE76D

secondary

#364CD5

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE76D

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

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