#FAE8A2#FAE8A2

#FAE8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.090 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE8A2
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(48, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 35%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 35.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.97, -3.77, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.97, 36.50, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.0086 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.09 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.8037, 80.6481, 45.8016)
Luminance	0.8065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE8A2 #A2B4FA

analogous

#FABCA2 #FAE8A2 #E0FAA2

triadic

#FAE8A2 #A2FAE8 #E8A2FA

tetradic

#FAE8A2 #A2FABC #A2B4FA #FAA2E0

square

#FAE8A2 #A2FABC #A2B4FA #FAA2E0

split-complementary

#FAE8A2 #A2E0FA #BCA2FA

monochromatic

#F4CB2E #F7DA68 #FAE8A2 #FDF6DC #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#FAE8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE8A2

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE8A2	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.090 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefbe',
    500: '#fae8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae8a2;
$custom-light: #fdefbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 89.796,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92954,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE8A2

secondary

#647DDC

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE8A2

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

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