#FAF17C#FAF17C

#FAF17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.139 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF17C
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 124)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.75, -12.01, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.75, 58.22, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(94.2% -0.0355 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(94.2% 0.139 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.5198, 84.6921, 31.4866)
Luminance	0.8469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF17C #7C85FA

analogous

#FAB27C #FAF17C #C4FA7C

triadic

#FAF17C #7CFAF1 #F17CFA

tetradic

#FAF17C #7CFAB2 #7C85FA #FA7CC4

square

#FAF17C #7CFAB2 #7C85FA #FA7CC4

split-complementary

#FAF17C #7CC4FA #B27CFA

monochromatic

#F2E209 #F8EB41 #FAF17C #FCF7B7 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.94

#FAF17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF17C

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF17C	1.00	1.17	17.94	17.94
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.139 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a5',
    500: '#faf17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf17c;
$custom-light: #fef5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94196,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF17C

secondary

#434ED7

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF17C

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

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