#FAE871#FAE871

#FAE871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE871
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -8.43, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 59.77, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0264 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.2640, 79.2322, 27.1591)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE871 #7183FA

analogous

#FAA371 #FAE871 #C7FA71

triadic

#FAE871 #71FAE8 #E871FA

tetradic

#FAE871 #71FAA3 #7183FA #FA71C7

square

#FAE871 #71FAA3 #7183FA #FA71C7

split-complementary

#FAE871 #71C7FA #A371FA

monochromatic

#E8CB08 #F8DE36 #FAE871 #FCF2AC #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FAE871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#FAE871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE871

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE871	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9d',
    500: '#fae871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae871;
$custom-light: #ffef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92244,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE871

secondary

#3A4ED5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE871

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

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