#FAE09D#FAE09D

#FAE09D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.089 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE09D
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(43, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -0.29, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 36.10, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% 0.0012 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.089 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.1673, 76.0722, 42.7737)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE09D #9DB7FA

analogous

#FAB29D #FAE09D #E5FA9D

triadic

#FAE09D #9DFAE0 #E09DFA

tetradic

#FAE09D #9DFAB2 #9DB7FA #FA9DE5

square

#FAE09D #9DFAB2 #9DB7FA #FA9DE5

split-complementary

#FAE09D #9DE5FA #B29DFA

monochromatic

#F4BB29 #F7CE63 #FAE09D #FDF2D7 #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#FAE09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE09D

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE09D	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.089 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde9ba',
    500: '#fae09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae09d;
$custom-light: #fde9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.226,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91285,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE09D

secondary

#6082DB

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE09D

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

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