#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
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -9.01, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 60.58, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0281 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.4903, 79.7743, 26.9583)
Luminance	0.7977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##FAE970	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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