#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
RGBrgb(250, 233, 113)
HSLhsl(53, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(91.59, -8.93, 59.46)
CIE-LCHlch(91.59, 60.13, 98.54°)
OKLaboklab(92.45% -0.0278 0.1388)
OKLCHoklch(92.45% 0.142 101.3)
XYZxyz(71.5463, 79.7967, 27.2532)
Luminance0.7979 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##FAE9711.001.2416.9616.96
#FFFFFF1.241.0021.0021.00
#00000016.9621.001.001.00
##00000016.9621.001.001.00

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

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#FAE971 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva