#FAF07D#FAF07D

#FAF07D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.137 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF07D
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.51, -11.44, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.51, 57.37, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.0337 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.137 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.2881, 84.1271, 31.7230)
Luminance	0.8413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF07D #7D87FA

analogous

#FAB17D #FAF07D #C5FA7D

triadic

#FAF07D #7DFAF0 #F07DFA

tetradic

#FAF07D #7DFAB1 #7D87FA #FA7DC5

square

#FAF07D #7DFAB1 #7D87FA #FA7DC5

split-complementary

#FAF07D #7DC5FA #B17DFA

monochromatic

#F3E109 #F8E942 #FAF07D #FCF7B8 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF07D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.83

#FAF07D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF07D

17.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF07D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF07D	1.00	1.18	17.83	17.83
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf07d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.137 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a5',
    500: '#faf07d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf07d;
$custom-light: #fef4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf07d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94005,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF07D

secondary

#4450D7

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF07D

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

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