#FAE487#FAE487

#FAE487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE487
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 46%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -4.57, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 48.13, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.013 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.116 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5429, 77.5627, 34.1195)
Luminance	0.7756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE487 #879DFA

analogous

#FAAA87 #FAE487 #D6FA87

triadic

#FAE487 #87FAE4 #E487FA

tetradic

#FAE487 #87FAAA #879DFA #FA87D6

square

#FAE487 #87FAAA #879DFA #FA87D6

split-complementary

#FAE487 #87D6FA #AA87FA

monochromatic

#F5CA11 #F8D74C #FAE487 #FCF1C2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#FAE487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE487

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE487	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)

#F5E07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.116 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecab',
    500: '#fae487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae487;
$custom-light: #feecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91725,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE487

secondary

#4D67D8

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE487

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

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