#FAE171#FAE171

#FAE171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.135 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE171
RGB	rgb(250, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -4.93, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 57.33, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0163 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.135 97)
XYZ	xyz(69.3328, 75.3696, 26.5153)
Luminance	0.7537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE171 #718AFA

analogous

#FA9C71 #FAE171 #CEFA71

triadic

#FAE171 #71FAE1 #E171FA

tetradic

#FAE171 #71FA9C #718AFA #FA71CE

square

#FAE171 #71FA9C #718AFA #FA71CE

split-complementary

#FAE171 #71CEFA #9C71FA

monochromatic

#E8BF08 #F8D536 #FAE171 #FCEDAC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FAE171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#FAE171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE171

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE171	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.135 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fae171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae171;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90839,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.75367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE171

secondary

#3A56D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE171

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

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