#FAF168#FAF168

#FAF168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.157 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF168
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 104)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.55, -13.52, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.55, 67.00, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.98% -0.0419 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(93.98% 0.157 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.3808, 84.2365, 25.4879)
Luminance	0.8423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF168 #6871FA

analogous

#FAA868 #FAF168 #BAFA68

triadic

#FAF168 #68FAF1 #F168FA

tetradic

#FAF168 #68FAA8 #6871FA #FA68BA

square

#FAF168 #68FAA8 #6871FA #FA68BA

split-complementary

#FAF168 #68BAFA #A868FA

monochromatic

#E0D307 #F8EC2D #FAF168 #FCF6A3 #FEFCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FAF168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF168

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF168	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.157 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff598',
    500: '#faf168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf168;
$custom-light: #fff598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 93.59,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93976,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF168

secondary

#323CD4

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF168

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

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