#FAE960#FAE960

#FAE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.156 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE960
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -10.11, 66.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 67.45, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.033 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.156 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.6773, 79.4491, 22.6764)
Luminance	0.7945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE960 #6071FA

analogous

#FA9C60 #FAE960 #BEFA60

triadic

#FAE960 #60FAE9 #E960FA

tetradic

#FAE960 #60FA9C #6071FA #FA60BE

square

#FAE960 #60FA9C #6071FA #FA60BE

split-complementary

#FAE960 #60BEFA #9C60FA

monochromatic

#D9C207 #F8E125 #FAE960 #FCF19B #FEF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#FAE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE960

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE960	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.156 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef93',
    500: '#fae960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae960;
$custom-light: #ffef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.377,
    "s": 93.902,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92272,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE960

secondary

#2C3ED3

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE960

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

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