#FAE96B#FAE96B

#FAE96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE96B
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -9.37, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 62.78, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0297 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.2196, 79.6661, 25.5327)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE96B #6B7CFA

analogous

#FAA16B #FAE96B #C4FA6B

triadic

#FAE96B #6BFAE9 #E96BFA

tetradic

#FAE96B #6BFAA1 #6B7CFA #FA6BC4

square

#FAE96B #6BFAA1 #6B7CFA #FA6BC4

split-complementary

#FAE96B #6BC4FA #A16BFA

monochromatic

#E3C908 #F8E030 #FAE96B #FCF2A6 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#FAE96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE96B

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE96B	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)

#FCE35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef99',
    500: '#fae96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae96b;
$custom-light: #ffef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 93.464,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92381,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE96B

secondary

#3548D5

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE96B

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

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