#FAE86E#FAE86E

#FAE86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE86E
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -8.66, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 61.10, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.21% -0.0274 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(92.21% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(71.0979, 79.1657, 26.2843)
Luminance	0.7916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE86E #6E80FA

analogous

#FAA26E #FAE86E #C6FA6E

triadic

#FAE86E #6EFAE8 #E86EFA

tetradic

#FAE86E #6EFAA2 #6E80FA #FA6EC6

square

#FAE86E #6EFAA2 #6E80FA #FA6EC6

split-complementary

#FAE86E #6EC6FA #A26EFA

monochromatic

#E6C908 #F8DF33 #FAE86E #FCF1A9 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#FAE86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE86E

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE86E	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)

#FBE262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9b',
    500: '#fae86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae86e;
$custom-light: #ffef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92211,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.79163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE86E

secondary

#374BD5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE86E

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

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