#FAE69A#FAE69A

#FAE69A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.098 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE69A
RGB	rgb(250, 230, 154)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 38.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -3.66, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 39.68, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0088 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.098 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.5554, 79.2531, 41.9883)
Luminance	0.7925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE69A #9AAEFA

analogous

#FAB69A #FAE69A #DEFA9A

triadic

#FAE69A #9AFAE6 #E69AFA

tetradic

#FAE69A #9AFAB6 #9AAEFA #FA9ADE

square

#FAE69A #9AFAB6 #9AAEFA #FA9ADE

split-complementary

#FAE69A #9ADEFA #B69AFA

monochromatic

#F4C925 #F7D860 #FAE69A #FDF4D4 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#FAE69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE69A

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE69A	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 230, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.098 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdedb8',
    500: '#fae69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae69a;
$custom-light: #fdedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 90.566,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92419,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE69A

secondary

#5D78DB

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE69A

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

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