#FAF09F#FAF09F

#FAF09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.102 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF09F
RGB	rgb(250, 240, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 36.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.95, -8.12, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.95, 41.20, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(94.5% -0.0213 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(94.5% 0.102 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.8436, 85.1493, 45.1817)
Luminance	0.8515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF09F #9FA9FA

analogous

#FAC39F #FAF09F #D6FA9F

triadic

#FAF09F #9FFAF0 #F09FFA

tetradic

#FAF09F #9FFAC3 #9FA9FA #FA9FD6

square

#FAF09F #9FFAC3 #9FA9FA #FA9FD6

split-complementary

#FAF09F #9FD6FA #C39FFA

monochromatic

#F4DE2B #F7E765 #FAF09F #FDF9D9 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.03

#FAF09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF09F

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF09F	1.00	1.16	18.03	18.03
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 240, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.102 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4bc',
    500: '#faf09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf09f;
$custom-light: #fdf4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94499,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF09F

secondary

#626FDB

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF09F

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

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