#FAE08E#FAE08E

#FAE08E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.106 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE08E
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 142)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -1.87, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 43.37, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0045 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.106 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.9644, 75.5910, 36.4384)
Luminance	0.7559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE08E #8EA8FA

analogous

#FAAA8E #FAE08E #DEFA8E

triadic

#FAE08E #8EFAE0 #E08EFA

tetradic

#FAE08E #8EFAAA #8EA8FA #FA8EDE

square

#FAE08E #8EFAAA #8EA8FA #FA8EDE

split-complementary

#FAE08E #8EDEFA #AA8EFA

monochromatic

#F5C019 #F7D053 #FAE08E #FDF0C9 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#FAE08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE08E

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE08E	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.106 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee9b0',
    500: '#fae08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae08e;
$custom-light: #fee9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91036,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE08E

secondary

#5373D9

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE08E

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

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