#FAE993#FAE993

#FAE993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.108 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE993
RGBrgb(250, 233, 147)
HSLhsl(50, 91%, 78%)
HSVhsv(50, 41%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.2%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(92.00, -5.90, 43.83)
CIE-LCHlch(92.00, 44.22, 97.67°)
OKLaboklab(92.9% -0.0158 0.1068)
OKLCHoklch(92.9% 0.108 98.4)
XYZxyz(73.8313, 80.7107, 39.2877)
Luminance0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE993 #93A4FA
analogous
#FAB593 #FAE993 #D7FA93
triadic
#FAE993 #93FAE9 #E993FA
tetradic
#FAE993 #93FAB5 #93A4FA #FA93D7
square
#FAE993 #93FAB5 #93A4FA #FA93D7
split-complementary
#FAE993 #93D7FA #B593FA
monochromatic
#F5D11E #F7DD59 #FAE993 #FDF5CD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23
#FAE993 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14
#FAE993 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE993
17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE993#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE9931.001.2317.1417.14
#FFFFFF1.231.0021.0021.00
#00000017.1421.001.001.00
##00000017.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9E48C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FDEB96
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDDD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.108 98.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb4',
    500: '#fae993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae993;
$custom-light: #fdefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 91.15,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92903,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE993
secondary
#576DDA
accent
#26E600
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF8
border
#D7D6D1
text
#181611
muted
#868581

Preview Lab

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#FAE993 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva