#FAE2AA#FAE2AA

#FAE2AA is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.076 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE2AA
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(42, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(42, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 32%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, 0.21, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 30.42, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% 0.0034 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.076 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.8775, 77.6213, 49.1132)
Luminance	0.7762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE2AA #AAC2FA

analogous

#FABAAA #FAE2AA #EAFAAA

triadic

#FAE2AA #AAFAE2 #E2AAFA

tetradic

#FAE2AA #AAFABA #AAC2FA #FAAAEA

square

#FAE2AA #AAFABA #AAC2FA #FAAAEA

split-complementary

#FAE2AA #AAEAFA #BAAAFA

monochromatic

#F3BB36 #F7CE70 #FAE2AA #FDF5E2 #FDF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FAE2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE2AA

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE2AA	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.076 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdebc3',
    500: '#fae2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae2aa;
$custom-light: #fdebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91918,
    "c": 0.07643,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE2AA

secondary

#6C8DDD

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF9

border

#D7D5D2

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE2AA

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

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