#FAF157#FAF157

#FAF157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.839; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.169 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF157
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.42, -14.57, 72.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.42, 73.84, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(93.83% -0.0467 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(93.83% 0.169 106)
XYZ	xyz(72.6026, 83.9252, 21.3898)
Luminance	0.8392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF157 #5760FA

analogous

#FA9F57 #FAF157 #B1FA57

triadic

#FAF157 #57FAF1 #F157FA

tetradic

#FAF157 #57FA9F #5760FA #FA57B1

square

#FAF157 #57FA9F #5760FA #FA57B1

split-complementary

#FAF157 #57B1FA #9F57FA

monochromatic

#D0C506 #F8EC1C #FAF157 #FCF692 #FEFBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.78

#FAF157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF157

17.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF157	1.00	1.18	17.78	17.78
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.169 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff58e',
    500: '#faf157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf157;
$custom-light: #fff58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.687,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93825,
    "c": 0.16946,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.83923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF157

secondary

#2A33CB

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF157

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

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