#FAF09D#FAF09D

#FAF09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF09D
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.92, -8.34, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.92, 42.17, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(94.47% -0.0221 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(94.47% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.6714, 85.0805, 44.2751)
Luminance	0.8508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF09D #9DA7FA

analogous

#FAC19D #FAF09D #D6FA9D

triadic

#FAF09D #9DFAF0 #F09DFA

tetradic

#FAF09D #9DFAC1 #9DA7FA #FA9DD6

square

#FAF09D #9DFAC1 #9DA7FA #FA9DD6

split-complementary

#FAF09D #9DD6FA #C19DFA

monochromatic

#F4DE29 #F7E763 #FAF09D #FDF9D7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.02

#FAF09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF09D

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF09D	1.00	1.17	18.02	18.02
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bb',
    500: '#faf09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf09d;
$custom-light: #fdf4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94466,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF09D

secondary

#606DDB

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF09D

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

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