#FAE97E#FAE97E

#FAE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE97E
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -7.88, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 54.21, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.3313, 80.1107, 31.3874)
Luminance	0.8011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE97E #7E8FFA

analogous

#FAAB7E #FAE97E #CDFA7E

triadic

#FAE97E #7EFAE9 #E97EFA

tetradic

#FAE97E #7EFAAB #7E8FFA #FA7ECD

square

#FAE97E #7EFAAB #7E8FFA #FA7ECD

split-complementary

#FAE97E #7ECDFA #AB7EFA

monochromatic

#F4D409 #F8DF43 #FAE97E #FCF3B9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#FAE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE97E

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE97E	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa6',
    500: '#fae97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae97e;
$custom-light: #feefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92603,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE97E

secondary

#4559D7

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE97E

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

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