#FAF079#FAF079

#FAF079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.141 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF079
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.46, -11.77, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.46, 59.19, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(93.96% -0.0351 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(93.96% 0.141 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.0377, 84.0270, 30.4042)
Luminance	0.8403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF079 #7983FA

analogous

#FAB079 #FAF079 #C3FA79

triadic

#FAF079 #79FAF0 #F079FA

tetradic

#FAF079 #79FAB0 #7983FA #FA79C3

square

#FAF079 #79FAB0 #7983FA #FA79C3

split-complementary

#FAF079 #79C3FA #B079FA

monochromatic

#F0DE09 #F8E93E #FAF079 #FCF7B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#FAF079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF079

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF079	1.00	1.18	17.81	17.81
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.141 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a3',
    500: '#faf079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf079;
$custom-light: #fef4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93957,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF079

secondary

#414CD7

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF079

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

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