#FAE990#FAE990

#FAE990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.111 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE990
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -6.21, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 45.67, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(92.86% -0.0169 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(92.86% 0.111 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.5990, 80.6178, 38.0640)
Luminance	0.8062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE990 #90A1FA

analogous

#FAB490 #FAE990 #D6FA90

triadic

#FAE990 #90FAE9 #E990FA

tetradic

#FAE990 #90FAB4 #90A1FA #FA90D6

square

#FAE990 #90FAB4 #90A1FA #FA90D6

split-complementary

#FAE990 #90D6FA #B490FA

monochromatic

#F5D21B #F7DD55 #FAE990 #FDF5CB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#FAE990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE990

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE990	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.111 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb2',
    500: '#fae990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae990;
$custom-light: #fdefb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92857,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE990

secondary

#556ADA

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE990

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

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