#FAF06E#FAF06E

#FAF06E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.151 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF06E
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.35, -12.61, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.35, 64.06, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(93.83% -0.0387 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(93.83% 0.151 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.4012, 83.7724, 27.0520)
Luminance	0.8377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF06E #6E78FA

analogous

#FAAA6E #FAF06E #BEFA6E

triadic

#FAF06E #6EFAF0 #F06EFA

tetradic

#FAF06E #6EFAAA #6E78FA #FA6EBE

square

#FAF06E #6EFAAA #6E78FA #FA6EBE

split-complementary

#FAF06E #6EBEFA #AA6EFA

monochromatic

#E6D608 #F8EA33 #FAF06E #FCF6A9 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF06E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FAF06E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF06E

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF06E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF06E	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)

#FFE861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf06e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.151 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49c',
    500: '#faf06e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf06e;
$custom-light: #fff49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf06e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93833,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF06E

secondary

#3742D5

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF06E

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

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