#FAF16E#FAF16E

#FAF16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.152 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF16E
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.61, -13.10, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.61, 64.44, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(94.04% -0.0401 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(94.04% 0.152 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.6964, 84.3628, 27.1504)
Luminance	0.8436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF16E #6E77FA

analogous

#FAAB6E #FAF16E #BDFA6E

triadic

#FAF16E #6EFAF1 #F16EFA

tetradic

#FAF16E #6EFAAB #6E77FA #FA6EBD

square

#FAF16E #6EFAAB #6E77FA #FA6EBD

split-complementary

#FAF16E #6EBDFA #AB6EFA

monochromatic

#E6D708 #F8EB33 #FAF16E #FCF7A9 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAF16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.87

#FAF16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF16E

17.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF16E	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)

#FFE960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.152 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff59c',
    500: '#faf16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf16e;
$custom-light: #fff59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94037,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF16E

secondary

#3741D5

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF16E

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

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