#FAF09E#FAF09E

#FAF09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF09E
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 36.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.93, -8.23, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.93, 41.69, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(94.48% -0.0217 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(94.48% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.7572, 85.1147, 44.7265)
Luminance	0.8511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF09E #9EA8FA

analogous

#FAC29E #FAF09E #D6FA9E

triadic

#FAF09E #9EFAF0 #F09EFA

tetradic

#FAF09E #9EFAC2 #9EA8FA #FA9ED6

square

#FAF09E #9EFAC2 #9EA8FA #FA9ED6

split-complementary

#FAF09E #9ED6FA #C29EFA

monochromatic

#F4DE2A #F7E764 #FAF09E #FDF9D8 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.02

#FAF09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF09E

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF09E	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)

#FEEB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bb',
    500: '#faf09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf09e;
$custom-light: #fdf4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94483,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF09E

secondary

#616EDB

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF09E

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

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