#FAE86A#FAE86A

#FAE86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE86A
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.27, -8.95, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.27, 62.86, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.17% -0.0286 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(92.17% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.8850, 79.0806, 25.1631)
Luminance	0.7908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE86A #6A7CFA

analogous

#FAA06A #FAE86A #C4FA6A

triadic

#FAE86A #6AFAE8 #E86AFA

tetradic

#FAE86A #6AFAA0 #6A7CFA #FA6AC4

square

#FAE86A #6AFAA0 #6A7CFA #FA6AC4

split-complementary

#FAE86A #6AC4FA #A06AFA

monochromatic

#E2C708 #F8DF2F #FAE86A #FCF1A5 #FEFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#FAE86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE86A

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE86A	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef99',
    500: '#fae86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae86a;
$custom-light: #ffef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92168,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE86A

secondary

#3448D5

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE86A

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

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