#FAE971#FAE971

#FAE971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.142 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE971
RGB	rgb(250, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -8.93, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 60.13, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(92.45% -0.0278 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(92.45% 0.142 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.5463, 79.7967, 27.2532)
Luminance	0.7979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE971 #7182FA

analogous

#FAA471 #FAE971 #C6FA71

triadic

#FAE971 #71FAE9 #E971FA

tetradic

#FAE971 #71FAA4 #7182FA #FA71C6

square

#FAE971 #71FAA4 #7182FA #FA71C6

split-complementary

#FAE971 #71C6FA #A471FA

monochromatic

#E8CD08 #F8E036 #FAE971 #FCF2AC #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FAE971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FAE971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE971

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE971	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.142 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9d',
    500: '#fae971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae971;
$custom-light: #ffef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92446,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE971

secondary

#3A4DD5

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE971

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

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