#FAE970#FAE970

#FAE970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAE970
RGBrgb(250, 233, 112)
HSLhsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.58, -9.01, 59.90)
CIE-LCHlch(91.58, 60.58, 98.55°)
OKLaboklab(92.44% -0.0281 0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(92.44% 0.142 101.4)
XYZxyz(71.4903, 79.7743, 26.9583)
Luminance0.7977 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAE970 #7081FA
analogous
#FAA470 #FAE970 #C6FA70
triadic
#FAE970 #70FAE9 #E970FA
tetradic
#FAE970 #70FAA4 #7081FA #FA70C6
square
#FAE970 #70FAA4 #7081FA #FA70C6
split-complementary
#FAE970 #70C6FA #A470FA
monochromatic
#E8CC08 #F8E035 #FAE970 #FCF2AB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24
#FAE970 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95
#FAE970 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE970
16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAE970#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAE9701.001.2416.9516.95
#FFFFFF1.241.0021.0021.00
#00000016.9521.001.001.00
##00000016.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FCE364
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEA76
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFDBCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fae970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.142 101.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9c',
    500: '#fae970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fae970;
$custom-light: #ffef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fae970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92435,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAE970
secondary
#394CD5
accent
#1CE600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE970

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#FAE970 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva