#FAE470#FAE470

#FAE470 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE470
RGBrgb(250, 228, 112)
HSLhsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(90.31, -6.51, 58.44)
CIE-LCHlch(90.31, 58.80, 96.36°)
OKLaboklab(91.43% -0.021 0.1365)
OKLCHoklch(91.43% 0.138 98.7)
XYZxyz(70.0949, 76.9835, 26.4932)
Luminance0.7698 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE470 #7086FA
analogous
#FA9F70 #FAE470 #CBFA70
triadic
#FAE470 #70FAE4 #E470FA
tetradic
#FAE470 #70FA9F #7086FA #FA70CB
square
#FAE470 #70FA9F #7086FA #FA70CB
split-complementary
#FAE470 #70CBFA #9F70FA
monochromatic
#E8C408 #F8D935 #FAE470 #FCEFAB #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28
#FAE470 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40
#FAE470 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE470
16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE470#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE4701.001.2816.4016.40
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4021.001.001.00
##00000016.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DF65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FDE775
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD6CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.138 98.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9c',
    500: '#fae470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae470;
$custom-light: #ffec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91428,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE470
secondary
#3952D5
accent
#25E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#FAE470 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva