#FAE586#FAE586

#FAE586 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.118 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE586
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -5.17, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 48.97, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0148 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.118 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7488, 78.0865, 33.8424)
Luminance	0.7808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE586 #869BFA

analogous

#FAAB86 #FAE586 #D5FA86

triadic

#FAE586 #86FAE5 #E586FA

tetradic

#FAE586 #86FAAB #869BFA #FA86D5

square

#FAE586 #86FAAB #869BFA #FA86D5

split-complementary

#FAE586 #86D5FA #AB86FA

monochromatic

#F5CC10 #F8D84B #FAE586 #FCF2C1 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#FAE586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE586

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE586	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.118 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedab',
    500: '#fae586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae586;
$custom-light: #feedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 92.063,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9191,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE586

secondary

#4C65D8

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE586

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

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