#FAE86F#FAE86F

#FAE86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE86F
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 111)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.32, -8.58, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.32, 60.66, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.027 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.1527, 79.1876, 26.5726)
Luminance	0.7919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE86F #6F81FA

analogous

#FAA26F #FAE86F #C6FA6F

triadic

#FAE86F #6FFAE8 #E86FFA

tetradic

#FAE86F #6FFAA2 #6F81FA #FA6FC6

square

#FAE86F #6FFAA2 #6F81FA #FA6FC6

split-complementary

#FAE86F #6FC6FA #A26FFA

monochromatic

#E7CA08 #F8DF34 #FAE86F #FCF1AA #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#FAE86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE86F

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE86F	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9c',
    500: '#fae86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae86f;
$custom-light: #ffef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92222,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE86F

secondary

#384CD5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE86F

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

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