#FAE486#FAE486

#FAE486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.117 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE486
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 46.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -4.66, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 48.61, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0133 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.117 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.4729, 77.5347, 33.7505)
Luminance	0.7753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE486 #869CFA

analogous

#FAAA86 #FAE486 #D6FA86

triadic

#FAE486 #86FAE4 #E486FA

tetradic

#FAE486 #86FAAA #869CFA #FA86D6

square

#FAE486 #86FAAA #869CFA #FA86D6

split-complementary

#FAE486 #86D6FA #AA86FA

monochromatic

#F5CA10 #F8D74B #FAE486 #FCF1C1 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#FAE486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE486

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE486	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.117 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecab',
    500: '#fae486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae486;
$custom-light: #feecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 92.063,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91711,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE486

secondary

#4C67D8

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE486

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

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