#FAE76F#FAE76F

#FAE76F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE76F
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 111)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -8.09, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 60.30, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0256 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.8720, 78.6263, 26.4790)
Luminance	0.7862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE76F #6F82FA

analogous

#FAA16F #FAE76F #C7FA6F

triadic

#FAE76F #6FFAE7 #E76FFA

tetradic

#FAE76F #6FFAA1 #6F82FA #FA6FC7

square

#FAE76F #6FFAA1 #6F82FA #FA6FC7

split-complementary

#FAE76F #6FC7FA #A16FFA

monochromatic

#E7C808 #F8DD34 #FAE76F #FCF1AA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE76F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#FAE76F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE76F

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE76F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE76F	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)

#FAE163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae76f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee9c',
    500: '#fae76f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae76f;
$custom-light: #ffee9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae76f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9202,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE76F

secondary

#384DD5

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE76F

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

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