#FAE86D#FAE86D

#FAE86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE86D
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -8.73, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 61.54, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0277 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0438, 79.1441, 25.9991)
Luminance	0.7914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE86D #6D7FFA

analogous

#FAA16D #FAE86D #C6FA6D

triadic

#FAE86D #6DFAE8 #E86DFA

tetradic

#FAE86D #6DFAA1 #6D7FFA #FA6DC6

square

#FAE86D #6DFAA1 #6D7FFA #FA6DC6

split-complementary

#FAE86D #6DC6FA #A16DFA

monochromatic

#E5C908 #F8DF32 #FAE86D #FCF1A8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#FAE86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE86D

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE86D	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9a',
    500: '#fae86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae86d;
$custom-light: #ffef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.922,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE86D

secondary

#364BD5

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE86D

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

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