#FAF08C#FAF08C

#FAF08C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.122 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF08C
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 140)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 44%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.68, -10.08, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.68, 50.37, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(94.21% -0.0284 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(94.21% 0.122 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.3197, 84.5398, 37.1561)
Luminance	0.8454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF08C #8C96FA

analogous

#FAB98C #FAF08C #CDFA8C

triadic

#FAF08C #8CFAF0 #F08CFA

tetradic

#FAF08C #8CFAB9 #8C96FA #FA8CCD

square

#FAF08C #8CFAB9 #8C96FA #FA8CCD

split-complementary

#FAF08C #8CCDFA #B98CFA

monochromatic

#F5E117 #F7E851 #FAF08C #FDF8C7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.91

#FAF08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF08C

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF08C	1.00	1.17	17.91	17.91
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.122 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4af',
    500: '#faf08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf08c;
$custom-light: #fef4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94205,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF08C

secondary

#515ED9

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF08C

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

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