#FAE494#FAE494

#FAE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.102 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE494
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(47, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 40.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -3.29, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 41.87, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0081 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.102 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.5147, 77.9514, 39.2376)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE494 #94AAFA

analogous

#FAB194 #FAE494 #DDFA94

triadic

#FAE494 #94FAE4 #E494FA

tetradic

#FAE494 #94FAB1 #94AAFA #FA94DD

square

#FAE494 #94FAB1 #94AAFA #FA94DD

split-complementary

#FAE494 #94DDFA #B194FA

monochromatic

#F5C61F #F7D55A #FAE494 #FDF3CE #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FAE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FAE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE494

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE494	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.102 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdecb4',
    500: '#fae494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae494;
$custom-light: #fdecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 91.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91923,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE494

secondary

#5874DA

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE494

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

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