#FAF178#FAF178

#FAF178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.143 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF178
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.71, -12.34, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.71, 60.03, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0368 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.143 105)
XYZ	xyz(74.2719, 84.5929, 30.1813)
Luminance	0.8459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF178 #7881FA

analogous

#FAB078 #FAF178 #C2FA78

triadic

#FAF178 #78FAF1 #F178FA

tetradic

#FAF178 #78FAB0 #7881FA #FA78C2

square

#FAF178 #78FAB0 #7881FA #FA78C2

split-complementary

#FAF178 #78C2FA #B078FA

monochromatic

#EFDF09 #F8EB3D #FAF178 #FCF7B3 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FAF178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF178

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF178	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.143 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a2',
    500: '#faf178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf178;
$custom-light: #fef5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94148,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.84591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF178

secondary

#404AD6

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF178

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

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