#FAF17A#FAF17A

#FAF17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.141 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF17A
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.73, -12.18, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.73, 59.13, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(94.17% -0.0362 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(94.17% 0.141 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.3946, 84.6420, 30.8273)
Luminance	0.8464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF17A #7A83FA

analogous

#FAB17A #FAF17A #C3FA7A

triadic

#FAF17A #7AFAF1 #F17AFA

tetradic

#FAF17A #7AFAB1 #7A83FA #FA7AC3

square

#FAF17A #7AFAB1 #7A83FA #FA7AC3

split-complementary

#FAF17A #7AC3FA #B17AFA

monochromatic

#F1E009 #F8EB3F #FAF17A #FCF7B5 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.93

#FAF17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF17A

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF17A	1.00	1.17	17.93	17.93
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.141 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a3',
    500: '#faf17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf17a;
$custom-light: #fef5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94172,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF17A

secondary

#414CD7

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF17A

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

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