#FAE593#FAE593

#FAE593 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.104 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE593
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 147)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 41.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -3.89, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 42.72, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.01 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.104 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.7118, 78.4717, 38.9145)
Luminance	0.7847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE593 #93A8FA

analogous

#FAB193 #FAE593 #DBFA93

triadic

#FAE593 #93FAE5 #E593FA

tetradic

#FAE593 #93FAB1 #93A8FA #FA93DB

square

#FAE593 #93FAB1 #93A8FA #FA93DB

split-complementary

#FAE593 #93DBFA #B193FA

monochromatic

#F5C91E #F7D759 #FAE593 #FDF3CD #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#FAE593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE593

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE593	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.104 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb4',
    500: '#fae593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae593;
$custom-light: #fdedb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 91.15,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92106,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE593

secondary

#5772DA

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE593

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

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