#FAE397#FAE397

#FAE397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.098 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE397
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -2.46, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 40.05, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.0055 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.098 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.4810, 77.4991, 40.4130)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE397 #97AEFA

analogous

#FAB197 #FAE397 #DFFA97

triadic

#FAE397 #97FAE3 #E397FA

tetradic

#FAE397 #97FAB1 #97AEFA #FA97DF

square

#FAE397 #97FAB1 #97AEFA #FA97DF

split-complementary

#FAE397 #97DFFA #B197FA

monochromatic

#F4C422 #F7D35D #FAE397 #FDF3D1 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#FAE397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE397

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE397	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.098 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdebb6',
    500: '#fae397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae397;
$custom-light: #fdebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91774,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE397

secondary

#5B78DA

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE397

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

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