#FAE488#FAE488

#FAE488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.115 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE488
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 136)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 45.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -4.48, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 47.65, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0126 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.115 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.6137, 77.5910, 34.4921)
Luminance	0.7759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE488 #889EFA

analogous

#FAAB88 #FAE488 #D7FA88

triadic

#FAE488 #88FAE4 #E488FA

tetradic

#FAE488 #88FAAB #889EFA #FA88D7

square

#FAE488 #88FAAB #889EFA #FA88D7

split-complementary

#FAE488 #88D7FA #AB88FA

monochromatic

#F5C913 #F8D74D #FAE488 #FCF1C3 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FAE488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE488

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE488	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)

#F5E081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.115 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecac',
    500: '#fae488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae488;
$custom-light: #feecac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 91.935,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91739,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE488

secondary

#4E68D9

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE488

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

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