#FAF180#FAF180

#FAF180 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.135 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF180
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 128)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.79, -11.67, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.79, 56.39, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(94.25% -0.0341 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(94.25% 0.135 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.7779, 84.7953, 32.8460)
Luminance	0.8479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF180 #8089FA

analogous

#FAB480 #FAF180 #C6FA80

triadic

#FAF180 #80FAF1 #F180FA

tetradic

#FAF180 #80FAB4 #8089FA #FA80C6

square

#FAF180 #80FAB4 #8089FA #FA80C6

split-complementary

#FAF180 #80C6FA #B480FA

monochromatic

#F5E40A #F8EB45 #FAF180 #FCF7BB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FAF180 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF180

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF180	1.00	1.17	17.96	17.96
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.135 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a7',
    500: '#faf180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf180;
$custom-light: #fef5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94246,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF180

secondary

#4751D7

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF180

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

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