#FAE490#FAE490

#FAE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.107 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE490
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -3.70, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 43.81, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0096 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.107 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.2036, 77.8270, 37.5989)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE490 #90A6FA

analogous

#FAAF90 #FAE490 #DBFA90

triadic

#FAE490 #90FAE4 #E490FA

tetradic

#FAE490 #90FAAF #90A6FA #FA90DB

square

#FAE490 #90FAAF #90A6FA #FA90DB

split-complementary

#FAE490 #90DBFA #AF90FA

monochromatic

#F5C81B #F7D655 #FAE490 #FDF2CB #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FAE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE490

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE490	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.107 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdecb1',
    500: '#fae490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae490;
$custom-light: #fdecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9186,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE490

secondary

#5570DA

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE490

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

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