#FAE995#FAE995

#FAE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.106 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE995
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 40.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -5.70, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 43.25, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(92.94% -0.015 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(92.94% 0.106 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.9896, 80.7741, 40.1214)
Luminance	0.8077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE995 #95A6FA

analogous

#FAB695 #FAE995 #D8FA95

triadic

#FAE995 #95FAE9 #E995FA

tetradic

#FAE995 #95FAB6 #95A6FA #FA95D8

square

#FAE995 #95FAB6 #95A6FA #FA95D8

split-complementary

#FAE995 #95D8FA #B695FA

monochromatic

#F4D120 #F7DD5B #FAE995 #FDF5CF #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FAE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#FAE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE995

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE995	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)

#F8E58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.106 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefb5',
    500: '#fae995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae995;
$custom-light: #fdefb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 90.991,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92935,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE995

secondary

#596FDA

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE995

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

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