#FAE396#FAE396

#FAE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.099 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE396
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -2.57, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 40.54, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0059 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.099 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.4001, 77.4667, 39.9871)
Luminance	0.7746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE396 #96ADFA

analogous

#FAB196 #FAE396 #DFFA96

triadic

#FAE396 #96FAE3 #E396FA

tetradic

#FAE396 #96FAB1 #96ADFA #FA96DF

square

#FAE396 #96FAB1 #96ADFA #FA96DF

split-complementary

#FAE396 #96DFFA #B196FA

monochromatic

#F4C421 #F7D35C #FAE396 #FDF3D0 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#FAE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE396

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE396	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.099 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdebb6',
    500: '#fae396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae396;
$custom-light: #fdebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91758,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE396

secondary

#5A77DA

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE396

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

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