#FAF06F#FAF06F

#FAF06F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.150 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF06F
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.36, -12.54, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.36, 63.62, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.84% -0.0384 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(93.84% 0.15 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.4560, 83.7943, 27.3404)
Luminance	0.8379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF06F #6F79FA

analogous

#FAAA6F #FAF06F #BFFA6F

triadic

#FAF06F #6FFAF0 #F06FFA

tetradic

#FAF06F #6FFAAA #6F79FA #FA6FBF

square

#FAF06F #6FFAAA #6F79FA #FA6FBF

split-complementary

#FAF06F #6FBFFA #AA6FFA

monochromatic

#E7D708 #F8EA34 #FAF06F #FCF6AA #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF06F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FAF06F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF06F

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF06F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF06F	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf06f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.150 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff49c',
    500: '#faf06f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf06f;
$custom-light: #fff49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf06f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93844,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF06F

secondary

#3843D5

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF06F

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

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