#FAE596#FAE596

#FAE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.101 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE596
RGB	rgb(250, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -3.58, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 41.26, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0088 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.101 95)
XYZ	xyz(72.9503, 78.5671, 40.1705)
Luminance	0.7856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE596 #96ABFA

analogous

#FAB396 #FAE596 #DDFA96

triadic

#FAE596 #96FAE5 #E596FA

tetradic

#FAE596 #96FAB3 #96ABFA #FA96DD

square

#FAE596 #96FAB3 #96ABFA #FA96DD

split-complementary

#FAE596 #96DDFA #B396FA

monochromatic

#F4C821 #F7D75C #FAE596 #FDF3D0 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FAE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#FAE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE596

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE596	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.101 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb6',
    500: '#fae596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae596;
$custom-light: #fdedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92154,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.78565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE596

secondary

#5A75DA

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE596

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

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