#FAE371#FAE371

#FAE371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.136 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE371
RGB	rgb(250, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -5.94, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 58.01, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0192 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.136 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8766, 76.4573, 26.6966)
Luminance	0.7645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE371 #7188FA

analogous

#FA9E71 #FAE371 #CCFA71

triadic

#FAE371 #71FAE3 #E371FA

tetradic

#FAE371 #71FA9E #7188FA #FA71CC

square

#FAE371 #71FA9E #7188FA #FA71CC

split-complementary

#FAE371 #71CCFA #9E71FA

monochromatic

#E8C308 #F8D736 #FAE371 #FCEFAC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FAE371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#FAE371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE371

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE371	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.136 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeb9d',
    500: '#fae371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae371;
$custom-light: #ffeb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91239,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE371

secondary

#3A54D5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE371

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

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