#FAE09E#FAE09E

#FAE09E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.088 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE09E
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(43, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 36.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -0.18, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 35.61, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% 0.0016 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.088 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.2530, 76.1065, 43.2252)
Luminance	0.7610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE09E #9EB8FA

analogous

#FAB29E #FAE09E #E6FA9E

triadic

#FAE09E #9EFAE0 #E09EFA

tetradic

#FAE09E #9EFAB2 #9EB8FA #FA9EE6

square

#FAE09E #9EFAB2 #9EB8FA #FA9EE6

split-complementary

#FAE09E #9EE6FA #B29EFA

monochromatic

#F4BB2A #F7CD64 #FAE09E #FDF3D8 #FDF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#FAE09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE09E

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE09E	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.088 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde9bb',
    500: '#fae09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae09e;
$custom-light: #fde9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91303,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE09E

secondary

#6184DB

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE09E

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

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