#FAE96A#FAE96A

#FAE96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.148 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE96A
RGBrgb(250, 233, 106)
HSLhsl(53, 94%, 70%)
HSVhsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.53, -9.44, 62.50)
CIE-LCHlch(91.53, 63.21, 98.59°)
OKLaboklab(92.37% -0.03 0.1445)
OKLCHoklch(92.37% 0.148 101.7)
XYZxyz(71.1673, 79.6451, 25.2572)
Luminance0.7964 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE96A #6A7BFA
analogous
#FAA16A #FAE96A #C3FA6A
triadic
#FAE96A #6AFAE9 #E96AFA
tetradic
#FAE96A #6AFAA1 #6A7BFA #FA6AC3
square
#FAE96A #6AFAA1 #6A7BFA #FA6AC3
split-complementary
#FAE96A #6AC3FA #A16AFA
monochromatic
#E2C808 #F8E02F #FAE96A #FCF2A5 #FEFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24
#FAE96A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93
#FAE96A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE96A
16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE96A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE96A1.001.2416.9316.93
#FFFFFF1.241.0021.0021.00
#00000016.9321.001.001.00
##00000016.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FCE35D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA70
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDBCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.148 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef99',
    500: '#fae96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae96a;
$custom-light: #ffef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9237,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE96A
secondary
#3447D5
accent
#1BE600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#FAE96A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva