#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
RGBrgb(250, 233, 107)
HSLhsl(53, 93%, 70%)
HSVhsv(53, 57%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.2%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.53, -9.37, 62.07)
CIE-LCHlch(91.53, 62.78, 98.59°)
OKLaboklab(92.38% -0.0297 0.1437)
OKLCHoklch(92.38% 0.147 101.7)
XYZxyz(71.2196, 79.6661, 25.5327)
Luminance0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##FAE96B1.001.2416.9316.93
#FFFFFF1.241.0021.0021.00
#00000016.9321.001.001.00
##00000016.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#FAE96B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva