#FAF16D#FAF16D

#FAF16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.153 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF16D
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.60, -13.17, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.60, 64.87, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(94.03% -0.0404 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(94.03% 0.153 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.6423, 84.3411, 26.8653)
Luminance	0.8434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF16D #6D76FA

analogous

#FAAA6D #FAF16D #BDFA6D

triadic

#FAF16D #6DFAF1 #F16DFA

tetradic

#FAF16D #6DFAAA #6D76FA #FA6DBD

square

#FAF16D #6DFAAA #6D76FA #FA6DBD

split-complementary

#FAF16D #6DBDFA #AA6DFA

monochromatic

#E5D708 #F8EB32 #FAF16D #FCF7A8 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FAF16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF16D

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF16D	1.00	1.18	17.87	17.87
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.153 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59b',
    500: '#faf16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf16d;
$custom-light: #fff59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94026,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF16D

secondary

#3640D5

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF16D

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

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