#FAF169#FAF169

#FAF169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.156 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF169
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.56, -13.45, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.56, 66.58, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(93.99% -0.0416 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(93.99% 0.156 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.4318, 84.2569, 25.7570)
Luminance	0.8426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF169 #6972FA

analogous

#FAA969 #FAF169 #BAFA69

triadic

#FAF169 #69FAF1 #F169FA

tetradic

#FAF169 #69FAA9 #6972FA #FA69BA

square

#FAF169 #69FAA9 #6972FA #FA69BA

split-complementary

#FAF169 #69BAFA #A969FA

monochromatic

#E1D408 #F8EB2E #FAF169 #FCF7A4 #FEFCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FAF169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF169

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF169	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)

#FFE95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.156 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff599',
    500: '#faf169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf169;
$custom-light: #fff599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 93.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93986,
    "c": 0.15585,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF169

secondary

#333DD4

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF169

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

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