#FAF078#FAF078

#FAF078 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.142 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF078
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.45, -11.85, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.45, 59.64, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(93.95% -0.0354 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(93.95% 0.142 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.9767, 84.0026, 30.0830)
Luminance	0.8400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF078 #7882FA

analogous

#FAAF78 #FAF078 #C3FA78

triadic

#FAF078 #78FAF0 #F078FA

tetradic

#FAF078 #78FAAF #7882FA #FA78C3

square

#FAF078 #78FAAF #7882FA #FA78C3

split-complementary

#FAF078 #78C3FA #AF78FA

monochromatic

#EFDD09 #F8E93D #FAF078 #FCF7B3 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#FAF078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF078

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF078	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.142 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a2',
    500: '#faf078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf078;
$custom-light: #fef4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93945,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF078

secondary

#404BD6

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF078

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

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