#FAE693#FAE693

#FAE693 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.105 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE693
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 147)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 41.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.25, -4.40, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.25, 43.09, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0114 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.105 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.9893, 79.0267, 39.0070)
Luminance	0.7902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE693 #93A7FA

analogous

#FAB393 #FAE693 #DAFA93

triadic

#FAE693 #93FAE6 #E693FA

tetradic

#FAE693 #93FAB3 #93A7FA #FA93DA

square

#FAE693 #93FAB3 #93A7FA #FA93DA

split-complementary

#FAE693 #93DAFA #B393FA

monochromatic

#F5CB1E #F7D859 #FAE693 #FDF4CD #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#FAE693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE693

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE693	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E28D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.105 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb4',
    500: '#fae693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae693;
$custom-light: #fdedb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 91.15,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92305,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE693

secondary

#5771DA

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE693

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

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