#FAF08E#FAF08E

#FAF08E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.120 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF08E
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 142)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.71, -9.89, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.71, 49.42, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(94.23% -0.0277 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(94.23% 0.12 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.4685, 84.5993, 37.9398)
Luminance	0.8460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF08E #8E98FA

analogous

#FABA8E #FAF08E #CEFA8E

triadic

#FAF08E #8EFAF0 #F08EFA

tetradic

#FAF08E #8EFABA #8E98FA #FA8ECE

square

#FAF08E #8EFABA #8E98FA #FA8ECE

split-complementary

#FAF08E #8ECEFA #BA8EFA

monochromatic

#F5E019 #F7E853 #FAF08E #FDF8C9 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FAF08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF08E

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF08E	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.120 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b0',
    500: '#faf08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf08e;
$custom-light: #fef4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94234,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF08E

secondary

#535FD9

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF08E

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

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