#FAE994#FAE994

#FAE994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.107 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE994
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 40.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -5.80, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 43.74, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.92% -0.0154 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(92.92% 0.107 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.9101, 80.7423, 39.7027)
Luminance	0.8074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE994 #94A5FA

analogous

#FAB694 #FAE994 #D8FA94

triadic

#FAE994 #94FAE9 #E994FA

tetradic

#FAE994 #94FAB6 #94A5FA #FA94D8

square

#FAE994 #94FAB6 #94A5FA #FA94D8

split-complementary

#FAE994 #94D8FA #B694FA

monochromatic

#F5D11F #F7DD5A #FAE994 #FDF5CE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAE994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#FAE994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE994

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE994	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.107 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb4',
    500: '#fae994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae994;
$custom-light: #fdefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 91.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92919,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE994

secondary

#586EDA

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE994

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

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