#FAE787#FAE787

#FAE787 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE787
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 46%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -6.08, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 49.23, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(92.32% -0.0173 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(92.32% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.3754, 79.2276, 34.3970)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE787 #879AFA

analogous

#FAAD87 #FAE787 #D3FA87

triadic

#FAE787 #87FAE7 #E787FA

tetradic

#FAE787 #87FAAD #879AFA #FA87D3

square

#FAE787 #87FAAD #879AFA #FA87D3

split-complementary

#FAE787 #87D3FA #AD87FA

monochromatic

#F5CF11 #F8DB4C #FAE787 #FCF3C2 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#FAE787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE787

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE787	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)

#F8E27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeeab',
    500: '#fae787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae787;
$custom-light: #feeeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92324,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE787

secondary

#4D64D8

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE787

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

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