#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
RGBrgb(250, 231, 113)
HSLhsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.6%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.09, -7.94, 58.88)
CIE-LCHlch(91.09, 59.41, 97.68°)
OKLaboklab(92.04% -0.025 0.1375)
OKLCHoklch(92.04% 0.14 100.3)
XYZxyz(70.9833, 78.6708, 27.0655)
Luminance0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##FAE7711.001.2516.7316.73
#FFFFFF1.251.0021.0021.00
#00000016.7321.001.001.00
##00000016.7321.001.001.00

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

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#FAE771 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva