#FAE86B#FAE86B

#FAE86B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE86B
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 107)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.28, -8.87, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.28, 62.42, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.0283 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.9373, 79.1015, 25.4386)
Luminance	0.7910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE86B #6B7DFA

analogous

#FAA16B #FAE86B #C4FA6B

triadic

#FAE86B #6BFAE8 #E86BFA

tetradic

#FAE86B #6BFAA1 #6B7DFA #FA6BC4

square

#FAE86B #6BFAA1 #6B7DFA #FA6BC4

split-complementary

#FAE86B #6BC4FA #A16BFA

monochromatic

#E3C708 #F8DF30 #FAE86B #FCF1A6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#FAE86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE86B

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE86B	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)

#FBE25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef99',
    500: '#fae86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae86b;
$custom-light: #ffef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92178,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE86B

secondary

#3549D5

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE86B

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

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