#FAE76E#FAE76E

#FAE76E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE76E
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -8.16, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 60.75, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0259 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.8172, 78.6044, 26.1907)
Luminance	0.7860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE76E #6E81FA

analogous

#FAA16E #FAE76E #C7FA6E

triadic

#FAE76E #6EFAE7 #E76EFA

tetradic

#FAE76E #6EFAA1 #6E81FA #FA6EC7

square

#FAE76E #6EFAA1 #6E81FA #FA6EC7

split-complementary

#FAE76E #6EC7FA #A16EFA

monochromatic

#E6C808 #F8DD33 #FAE76E #FCF1A9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE76E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#FAE76E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE76E

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE76E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE76E	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)

#FAE162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae76e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee9b',
    500: '#fae76e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae76e;
$custom-light: #ffee9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae76e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92009,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE76E

secondary

#374DD5

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE76E

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

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