#FAE071#FAE071

#FAE071 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.134 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE071
RGBrgb(250, 224, 113)
HSLhsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(89.31, -4.43, 56.82)
CIE-LCHlch(89.31, 56.99, 94.46°)
OKLaboklab(90.64% -0.0149 0.1331)
OKLCHoklch(90.64% 0.134 96.4)
XYZxyz(69.0632, 74.8306, 26.4255)
Luminance0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE071 #718BFA
analogous
#FA9B71 #FAE071 #CFFA71
triadic
#FAE071 #71FAE0 #E071FA
tetradic
#FAE071 #71FA9B #718BFA #FA71CF
square
#FAE071 #71FA9B #718BFA #FA71CF
split-complementary
#FAE071 #71CFFA #9B71FA
monochromatic
#E8BE08 #F8D336 #FAE071 #FCEDAC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#FAE071 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97
#FAE071 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE071
15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE071#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE0711.001.3215.9715.97
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9721.001.001.00
##00000015.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DB66
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE476
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD2C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae071;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 224, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.134 96.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe99d',
    500: '#fae071',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae071;
$custom-light: #ffe99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae071",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9064,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE071
secondary
#3A57D5
accent
#2CE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F

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#FAE071 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva