#FAE688#FAE688

#FAE688 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE688
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 136)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 45.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -5.48, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 48.38, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0155 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.1671, 78.6978, 34.6765)
Luminance	0.7870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE688 #889CFA

analogous

#FAAD88 #FAE688 #D5FA88

triadic

#FAE688 #88FAE6 #E688FA

tetradic

#FAE688 #88FAAD #889CFA #FA88D5

square

#FAE688 #88FAAD #889CFA #FA88D5

split-complementary

#FAE688 #88D5FA #AD88FA

monochromatic

#F5CD13 #F8DA4D #FAE688 #FCF2C3 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#FAE688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE688

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE688	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedac',
    500: '#fae688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae688;
$custom-light: #feedac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 91.935,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92138,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE688

secondary

#4E66D9

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE688

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

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