#FAF08D#FAF08D

#FAF08D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.121 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF08D
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 141)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.70, -9.99, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.70, 49.89, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(94.22% -0.0281 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(94.22% 0.121 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3938, 84.5694, 37.5462)
Luminance	0.8457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF08D #8D97FA

analogous

#FABA8D #FAF08D #CEFA8D

triadic

#FAF08D #8DFAF0 #F08DFA

tetradic

#FAF08D #8DFABA #8D97FA #FA8DCE

square

#FAF08D #8DFABA #8D97FA #FA8DCE

split-complementary

#FAF08D #8DCEFA #BA8DFA

monochromatic

#F5E118 #F7E852 #FAF08D #FDF8C8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.91

#FAF08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF08D

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF08D	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)

#FFEA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.121 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b0',
    500: '#faf08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf08d;
$custom-light: #fef4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94219,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF08D

secondary

#525ED9

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF08D

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

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