#FAE98E#FAE98E

#FAE98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.113 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE98E
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.93, -6.41, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.93, 46.64, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.83% -0.0176 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(92.83% 0.113 99)
XYZ	xyz(73.4475, 80.5572, 37.2661)
Luminance	0.8055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE98E #8E9FFA

analogous

#FAB38E #FAE98E #D5FA8E

triadic

#FAE98E #8EFAE9 #E98EFA

tetradic

#FAE98E #8EFAB3 #8E9FFA #FA8ED5

square

#FAE98E #8EFAB3 #8E9FFA #FA8ED5

split-complementary

#FAE98E #8ED5FA #B38EFA

monochromatic

#F5D219 #F7DE53 #FAE98E #FDF4C9 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#FAE98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE98E

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE98E	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.113 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefb0',
    500: '#fae98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae98e;
$custom-light: #feefb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92827,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.80555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE98E

secondary

#5368D9

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE98E

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

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