#FAF174#FAF174

#FAF174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.146 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF174
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.67, -12.65, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.67, 61.81, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(94.1% -0.0382 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(94.1% 0.146 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.0342, 84.4979, 28.9295)
Luminance	0.8450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF174 #747DFA

analogous

#FAAE74 #FAF174 #C0FA74

triadic

#FAF174 #74FAF1 #F174FA

tetradic

#FAF174 #74FAAE #747DFA #FA74C0

square

#FAF174 #74FAAE #747DFA #FA74C0

split-complementary

#FAF174 #74C0FA #AE74FA

monochromatic

#EBDC08 #F8EB39 #FAF174 #FCF7AF #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FAF174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF174

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF174	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.146 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef59f',
    500: '#faf174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf174;
$custom-light: #fef59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94102,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF174

secondary

#3C47D6

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF174

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

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