#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
RGB	rgb(250, 224, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -4.43, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 56.99, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0149 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.134 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.0632, 74.8306, 26.4255)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##FAE071	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE071

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

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