#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
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -9.44, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 63.21, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.03 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.148 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.1673, 79.6451, 25.2572)
Luminance	0.7964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##FAE96A	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #FAE96A

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

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