#FAE8A4#FAE8A4

#FAE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.088 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE8A4
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(47, 90%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 34.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.01, -3.54, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.01, 35.52, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(92.99% -0.0078 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(92.99% 0.088 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.9829, 80.7197, 46.7454)
Luminance	0.8072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE8A4 #A4B6FA

analogous

#FABDA4 #FAE8A4 #E1FAA4

triadic

#FAE8A4 #A4FAE8 #E8A4FA

tetradic

#FAE8A4 #A4FABD #A4B6FA #FAA4E1

square

#FAE8A4 #A4FABD #A4B6FA #FAA4E1

split-complementary

#FAE8A4 #A4E1FA #BDA4FA

monochromatic

#F4CB30 #F7D96A #FAE8A4 #FDF7DE #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#FAE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE8A4

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE8A4	1.00	1.22	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.088 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefbf',
    500: '#fae8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae8a4;
$custom-light: #fdefbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 89.583,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9299,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE8A4

secondary

#667FDC

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE8A4

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

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