#FAE798#FAE798

#FAE798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.101 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE798
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 152)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 39.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -4.38, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 41.03, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.011 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.101 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.6693, 79.7452, 41.2114)
Luminance	0.7974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE798 #98ABFA

analogous

#FAB698 #FAE798 #DCFA98

triadic

#FAE798 #98FAE7 #E798FA

tetradic

#FAE798 #98FAB6 #98ABFA #FA98DC

square

#FAE798 #98FAB6 #98ABFA #FA98DC

split-complementary

#FAE798 #98DCFA #B698FA

monochromatic

#F4CC23 #F7D95E #FAE798 #FDF5D2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#FAE798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE798

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE798	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.101 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeeb7',
    500: '#fae798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae798;
$custom-light: #fdeeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 90.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92584,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE798

secondary

#5C74DB

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE798

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

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