#FAF06C#FAF06C

#FAF06C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.152 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF06C
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.33, -12.76, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.33, 64.92, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(93.81% -0.0393 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(93.81% 0.152 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.2936, 83.7293, 26.4850)
Luminance	0.8373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF06C #6C76FA

analogous

#FAA96C #FAF06C #BDFA6C

triadic

#FAF06C #6CFAF0 #F06CFA

tetradic

#FAF06C #6CFAA9 #6C76FA #FA6CBD

square

#FAF06C #6CFAA9 #6C76FA #FA6CBD

split-complementary

#FAF06C #6CBDFA #A96CFA

monochromatic

#E4D408 #F8EA31 #FAF06C #FCF6A7 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF06C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FAF06C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF06C

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF06C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF06C	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf06c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.152 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49a',
    500: '#faf06c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf06c;
$custom-light: #fff49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf06c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93812,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF06C

secondary

#3541D5

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF06C

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

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