#FAF179#FAF179

#FAF179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.142 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF179
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.72, -12.26, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.72, 59.58, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(94.16% -0.0365 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(94.16% 0.142 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.3329, 84.6173, 30.5026)
Luminance	0.8461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF179 #7982FA

analogous

#FAB079 #FAF179 #C2FA79

triadic

#FAF179 #79FAF1 #F179FA

tetradic

#FAF179 #79FAB0 #7982FA #FA79C2

square

#FAF179 #79FAB0 #7982FA #FA79C2

split-complementary

#FAF179 #79C2FA #B079FA

monochromatic

#F0E009 #F8EB3E #FAF179 #FCF7B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FAF179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF179

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF179	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)

#FFEA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.142 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a3',
    500: '#faf179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf179;
$custom-light: #fef5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9416,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF179

secondary

#414BD7

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF179

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

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