#FAE896#FAE896

#FAE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.104 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE896
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.79, -5.09, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.79, 42.38, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.75% -0.0132 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(92.75% 0.104 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.7875, 80.2416, 40.4496)
Luminance	0.8024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE896 #96A8FA

analogous

#FAB696 #FAE896 #DAFA96

triadic

#FAE896 #96FAE8 #E896FA

tetradic

#FAE896 #96FAB6 #96A8FA #FA96DA

square

#FAE896 #96FAB6 #96A8FA #FA96DA

split-complementary

#FAE896 #96DAFA #B696FA

monochromatic

#F4CE21 #F7DB5C #FAE896 #FDF5D0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#FAE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE896

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE896	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.104 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb6',
    500: '#fae896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae896;
$custom-light: #fdefb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92751,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE896

secondary

#5A71DA

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE896

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

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