#FAE471#FAE471

#FAE471 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.137 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE471
RGB	rgb(250, 228, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -6.44, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 58.35, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0207 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.137 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1509, 77.0059, 26.7880)
Luminance	0.7700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE471 #7187FA

analogous

#FA9F71 #FAE471 #CBFA71

triadic

#FAE471 #71FAE4 #E471FA

tetradic

#FAE471 #71FA9F #7187FA #FA71CB

square

#FAE471 #71FA9F #7187FA #FA71CB

split-complementary

#FAE471 #71CBFA #9F71FA

monochromatic

#E8C408 #F8D936 #FAE471 #FCEFAC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FAE471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#FAE471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE471

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE471	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 228, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.137 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9d',
    500: '#fae471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae471;
$custom-light: #ffec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9144,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE471

secondary

#3A53D5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE471

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

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