#FAE992#FAE992

#FAE992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.109 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE992
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 146)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -6.01, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 44.71, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.89% -0.0162 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(92.89% 0.109 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.7532, 80.6795, 38.8762)
Luminance	0.8068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE992 #92A3FA

analogous

#FAB592 #FAE992 #D7FA92

triadic

#FAE992 #92FAE9 #E992FA

tetradic

#FAE992 #92FAB5 #92A3FA #FA92D7

square

#FAE992 #92FAB5 #92A3FA #FA92D7

split-complementary

#FAE992 #92D7FA #B592FA

monochromatic

#F5D11D #F7DD57 #FAE992 #FDF5CD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FAE992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#FAE992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE992

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE992	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	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)

#F9E48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEB95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.109 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb3',
    500: '#fae992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae992;
$custom-light: #fdefb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 91.228,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92887,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE992

secondary

#566CDA

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE992

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

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