#FAF06D#FAF06D

#FAF06D 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	#FAF06D
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.34, -12.68, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.34, 64.49, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(93.82% -0.039 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(93.82% 0.152 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.3471, 83.7507, 26.7669)
Luminance	0.8375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF06D #6D77FA

analogous

#FAAA6D #FAF06D #BDFA6D

triadic

#FAF06D #6DFAF0 #F06DFA

tetradic

#FAF06D #6DFAAA #6D77FA #FA6DBD

square

#FAF06D #6DFAAA #6D77FA #FA6DBD

split-complementary

#FAF06D #6DBDFA #AA6DFA

monochromatic

#E5D508 #F8EA32 #FAF06D #FCF6A8 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FAF06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF06D

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF06D	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)

#FFE85F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.152 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49b',
    500: '#faf06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf06d;
$custom-light: #fff49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93822,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF06D

secondary

#3642D5

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF06D

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

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