#FAE88B#FAE88B

#FAE88B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.115 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE88B
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 139)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 44.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.64, -6.20, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.64, 47.69, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.0173 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.115 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.9430, 79.9038, 36.0017)
Luminance	0.7990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE88B #8B9DFA

analogous

#FAB18B #FAE88B #D5FA8B

triadic

#FAE88B #8BFAE8 #E88BFA

tetradic

#FAE88B #8BFAB1 #8B9DFA #FA8BD5

square

#FAE88B #8BFAB1 #8B9DFA #FA8BD5

split-complementary

#FAE88B #8BD5FA #B18BFA

monochromatic

#F5D116 #F7DC50 #FAE88B #FDF4C6 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#FAE88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE88B

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE88B	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.115 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefae',
    500: '#fae88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae88b;
$custom-light: #feefae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 91.736,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92582,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE88B

secondary

#5066D9

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE88B

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

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