#FAE96E#FAE96E

#FAE96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE96E
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -9.15, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 61.46, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0288 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.3802, 79.7303, 26.3783)
Luminance	0.7973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE96E #6E7FFA

analogous

#FAA36E #FAE96E #C5FA6E

triadic

#FAE96E #6EFAE9 #E96EFA

tetradic

#FAE96E #6EFAA3 #6E7FFA #FA6EC5

square

#FAE96E #6EFAA3 #6E7FFA #FA6EC5

split-complementary

#FAE96E #6EC5FA #A36EFA

monochromatic

#E6CB08 #F8E033 #FAE96E #FCF2A9 #FEFBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FAE96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE96E

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE96E	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9b',
    500: '#fae96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae96e;
$custom-light: #ffef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92413,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE96E

secondary

#374AD5

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE96E

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

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