#FAE98A#FAE98A

#FAE98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.117 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE98A
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.88, -6.79, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.88, 48.55, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(92.77% -0.0191 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(92.77% 0.117 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.1526, 80.4392, 35.7128)
Luminance	0.8044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE98A #8A9BFA

analogous

#FAB18A #FAE98A #D3FA8A

triadic

#FAE98A #8AFAE9 #E98AFA

tetradic

#FAE98A #8AFAB1 #8A9BFA #FA8AD3

square

#FAE98A #8AFAB1 #8A9BFA #FA8AD3

split-complementary

#FAE98A #8AD3FA #B18AFA

monochromatic

#F5D315 #F7DE4F #FAE98A #FDF4C5 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#FAE98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE98A

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE98A	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.117 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefae',
    500: '#fae98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae98a;
$custom-light: #feefae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92768,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE98A

secondary

#4F64D9

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE98A

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

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