#FAF080#FAF080

#FAF080 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.134 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF080
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.54, -11.18, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.54, 55.99, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.04% -0.0327 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(94.04% 0.134 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.4827, 84.2049, 32.7476)
Luminance	0.8420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF080 #808AFA

analogous

#FAB380 #FAF080 #C7FA80

triadic

#FAF080 #80FAF0 #F080FA

tetradic

#FAF080 #80FAB3 #808AFA #FA80C7

square

#FAF080 #80FAB3 #808AFA #FA80C7

split-complementary

#FAF080 #80C7FA #B380FA

monochromatic

#F5E20A #F8E945 #FAF080 #FCF7BB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.84

#FAF080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF080

17.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF080	1.00	1.18	17.84	17.84
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.134 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a7',
    500: '#faf080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf080;
$custom-light: #fef4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94043,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF080

secondary

#4753D7

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF080

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

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