#FAE697#FAE697

#FAE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.101 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE697
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -3.98, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 41.14, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0099 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.101 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.3086, 79.1544, 40.6889)
Luminance	0.7915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE697 #97ABFA

analogous

#FAB497 #FAE697 #DCFA97

triadic

#FAE697 #97FAE6 #E697FA

tetradic

#FAE697 #97FAB4 #97ABFA #FA97DC

square

#FAE697 #97FAB4 #97ABFA #FA97DC

split-complementary

#FAE697 #97DCFA #B497FA

monochromatic

#F4CA22 #F7D85D #FAE697 #FDF4D1 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#FAE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE697

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE697	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.101 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb6',
    500: '#fae697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae697;
$custom-light: #fdedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92369,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE697

secondary

#5B75DA

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE697

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

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