#FAE68C#FAE68C

#FAE68C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.113 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE68C
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 140)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 44%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -5.10, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 46.47, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.014 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.113 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.4566, 78.8136, 36.2017)
Luminance	0.7881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE68C #8CA0FA

analogous

#FAAF8C #FAE68C #D7FA8C

triadic

#FAE68C #8CFAE6 #E68CFA

tetradic

#FAE68C #8CFAAF #8CA0FA #FA8CD7

square

#FAE68C #8CFAAF #8CA0FA #FA8CD7

split-complementary

#FAE68C #8CD7FA #AF8CFA

monochromatic

#F5CD17 #F7D951 #FAE68C #FDF3C7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#FAE68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE68C

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE68C	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.113 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedaf',
    500: '#fae68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae68c;
$custom-light: #feedaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92197,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE68C

secondary

#516AD9

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE68C

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

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