#FAE699#FAE699

#FAE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.099 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE699
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.33, -3.77, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.33, 40.17, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.4% -0.0091 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(92.4% 0.099 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.4724, 79.2199, 41.5515)
Luminance	0.7922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE699 #99ADFA

analogous

#FAB699 #FAE699 #DEFA99

triadic

#FAE699 #99FAE6 #E699FA

tetradic

#FAE699 #99FAB6 #99ADFA #FA99DE

square

#FAE699 #99FAB6 #99ADFA #FA99DE

split-complementary

#FAE699 #99DEFA #B699FA

monochromatic

#F4C924 #F7D85F #FAE699 #FDF4D3 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#FAE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE699

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE699	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)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.099 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb8',
    500: '#fae699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae699;
$custom-light: #fdedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92402,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE699

secondary

#5D77DB

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE699

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

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