#FAF074#FAF074

#FAF074 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.145 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF074
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.41, -12.16, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.41, 61.43, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(93.9% -0.0367 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(93.9% 0.145 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.7390, 83.9075, 28.8311)
Luminance	0.8390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF074 #747EFA

analogous

#FAAD74 #FAF074 #C1FA74

triadic

#FAF074 #74FAF0 #F074FA

tetradic

#FAF074 #74FAAD #747EFA #FA74C1

square

#FAF074 #74FAAD #747EFA #FA74C1

split-complementary

#FAF074 #74C1FA #AD74FA

monochromatic

#EBDA08 #F8EA39 #FAF074 #FCF6AF #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#FAF074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF074

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF074	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.145 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef49f',
    500: '#faf074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf074;
$custom-light: #fef49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93899,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF074

secondary

#3C48D6

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF074

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

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