#FAE271#FAE271

#FAE271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE271
RGB	rgb(250, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -5.43, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 57.67, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0178 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6039, 75.9119, 26.6057)
Luminance	0.7591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE271 #7189FA

analogous

#FA9D71 #FAE271 #CDFA71

triadic

#FAE271 #71FAE2 #E271FA

tetradic

#FAE271 #71FA9D #7189FA #FA71CD

square

#FAE271 #71FA9D #7189FA #FA71CD

split-complementary

#FAE271 #71CDFA #9D71FA

monochromatic

#E8C108 #F8D636 #FAE271 #FCEEAC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FAE271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#FAE271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE271

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE271	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fae271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae271;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91039,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE271

secondary

#3A55D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE271

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

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