#FAF07B#FAF07B

#FAF07B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.139 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF07B
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 123)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.48, -11.60, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.48, 58.28, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(93.98% -0.0344 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(93.98% 0.139 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.1617, 84.0765, 31.0569)
Luminance	0.8407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF07B #7B85FA

analogous

#FAB17B #FAF07B #C4FA7B

triadic

#FAF07B #7BFAF0 #F07BFA

tetradic

#FAF07B #7BFAB1 #7B85FA #FA7BC4

square

#FAF07B #7BFAB1 #7B85FA #FA7BC4

split-complementary

#FAF07B #7BC4FA #B17BFA

monochromatic

#F1DF09 #F8E940 #FAF07B #FCF7B6 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF07B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#FAF07B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF07B

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF07B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF07B	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)

#FFE970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf07b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.139 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a4',
    500: '#faf07b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf07b;
$custom-light: #fef4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf07b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93981,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF07B

secondary

#424ED7

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF07B

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

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