#FAF06A#FAF06A
#FAF06A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.154 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAF06A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 240, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 94%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 58%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4%, 57.6%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.31, -12.90, 64.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.31, 65.78, 101.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.79% -0.0399 0.1488) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.79% 0.154 105) |
| XYZ | xyz(73.1884, 83.6872, 25.9309) |
| Luminance | 0.8368 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 0.67
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 1.70
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 1.91
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.04
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 3.10
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 3.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAF06A #6A74FA
analogous
#FAA86A #FAF06A #BCFA6A
triadic
#FAF06A #6AFAF0 #F06AFA
tetradic
#FAF06A #6AFAA8 #6A74FA #FA6ABC
square
#FAF06A #6AFAA8 #6A74FA #FA6ABC
split-complementary
#FAF06A #6ABCFA #A86AFA
monochromatic
#E2D308 #F8EA2F #FAF06A #FCF6A5 #FEFCE0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.18
#FAF06A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.74
#FAF06A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAF06A
17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAF06A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAF06A | 1.00 | 1.18 | 17.74 | 17.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE85C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEF71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE2D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ECECEC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faf06a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.154 105.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fff499',
500: '#faf06a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faf06a; $custom-light: #fff499; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faf06a",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 240,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.833,
"s": 93.506,
"l": 69.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93792,
"c": 0.15407,
"h": 105
},
"luminance": 0.83685
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAF06A
secondary
#343FD5
accent
#10E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF5
border
#D7D6CF
text
#18170E
muted
#86857F