#FAF181#FAF181

#FAF181 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.134 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF181
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 129)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.81, -11.59, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.81, 55.93, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0338 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.134 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.8440, 84.8218, 33.1943)
Luminance	0.8482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF181 #818AFA

analogous

#FAB581 #FAF181 #C7FA81

triadic

#FAF181 #81FAF1 #F181FA

tetradic

#FAF181 #81FAB5 #818AFA #FA81C7

square

#FAF181 #81FAB5 #818AFA #FA81C7

split-complementary

#FAF181 #81C7FA #B581FA

monochromatic

#F5E40B #F8EA46 #FAF181 #FCF8BC #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FAF181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF181

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF181	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)

#FFEA77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.134 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a8',
    500: '#faf181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf181;
$custom-light: #fef5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94259,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.8482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF181

secondary

#4852D8

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF181

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

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