#FAF057#FAF057

#FAF057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.169 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF057
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -14.08, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 73.48, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0453 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.169 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.3074, 83.3349, 21.2914)
Luminance	0.8333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF057 #5761FA

analogous

#FA9E57 #FAF057 #B2FA57

triadic

#FAF057 #57FAF0 #F057FA

tetradic

#FAF057 #57FA9E #5761FA #FA57B2

square

#FAF057 #57FA9E #5761FA #FA57B2

split-complementary

#FAF057 #57B2FA #9E57FA

monochromatic

#D0C406 #F8EB1C #FAF057 #FCF592 #FEFBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAF057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#FAF057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF057

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF057	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.169 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff48e',
    500: '#faf057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf057;
$custom-light: #fff48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.319,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9362,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF057

secondary

#2A34CB

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF057

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

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