#FAE799#FAE799

#FAE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.100 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE799
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -4.27, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 40.54, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0106 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.1 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.7515, 79.7781, 41.6446)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE799 #99ACFA

analogous

#FAB799 #FAE799 #DDFA99

triadic

#FAE799 #99FAE7 #E799FA

tetradic

#FAE799 #99FAB7 #99ACFA #FA99DD

square

#FAE799 #99FAB7 #99ACFA #FA99DD

split-complementary

#FAE799 #99DDFA #B799FA

monochromatic

#F4CC24 #F7D95F #FAE799 #FDF5D3 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FAE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE799

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE799	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.100 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeeb8',
    500: '#fae799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae799;
$custom-light: #fdeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92601,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE799

secondary

#5D75DB

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE799

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

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