#FAE771#FAE771

#FAE771 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE771
RGB	rgb(250, 231, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -7.94, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 59.41, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.025 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9833, 78.6708, 27.0655)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE771 #7184FA

analogous

#FAA271 #FAE771 #C8FA71

triadic

#FAE771 #71FAE7 #E771FA

tetradic

#FAE771 #71FAA2 #7184FA #FA71C8

square

#FAE771 #71FAA2 #7184FA #FA71C8

split-complementary

#FAE771 #71C8FA #A271FA

monochromatic

#E8C908 #F8DD36 #FAE771 #FCF1AC #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#FAE771 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE771

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE771	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 231, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee9d',
    500: '#fae771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae771;
$custom-light: #ffee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92043,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE771

secondary

#3A4FD5

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE771

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

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