#FAE698#FAE698

#FAE698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.100 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE698
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.32, -3.87, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.32, 40.66, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.39% -0.0095 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(92.39% 0.1 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.3902, 79.1870, 41.1184)
Luminance	0.7919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE698 #98ACFA

analogous

#FAB598 #FAE698 #DDFA98

triadic

#FAE698 #98FAE6 #E698FA

tetradic

#FAE698 #98FAB5 #98ACFA #FA98DD

square

#FAE698 #98FAB5 #98ACFA #FA98DD

split-complementary

#FAE698 #98DDFA #B598FA

monochromatic

#F4CA23 #F7D85E #FAE698 #FDF4D2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#FAE698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE698

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE698	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.100 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb7',
    500: '#fae698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae698;
$custom-light: #fdedb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 90.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92386,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE698

secondary

#5C76DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE698

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

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