#FAF175#FAF175

#FAF175 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	#FAF175
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 117)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.68, -12.58, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.68, 61.37, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(94.11% -0.0378 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(94.11% 0.146 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.0927, 84.5213, 29.2375)
Luminance	0.8452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF175 #757EFA

analogous

#FAAF75 #FAF175 #C1FA75

triadic

#FAF175 #75FAF1 #F175FA

tetradic

#FAF175 #75FAAF #757EFA #FA75C1

square

#FAF175 #75FAAF #757EFA #FA75C1

split-complementary

#FAF175 #75C1FA #AF75FA

monochromatic

#ECDD09 #F8EB3A #FAF175 #FCF7B0 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FAF175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF175

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF175	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)

#FFE969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.146 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a0',
    500: '#faf175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf175;
$custom-light: #fef5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94114,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF175

secondary

#3D48D6

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF175

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

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