#FAF182#FAF182

#FAF182 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.133 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF182
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 130)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.82, -11.50, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.82, 55.47, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(94.27% -0.0334 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(94.27% 0.133 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.9108, 84.8485, 33.5461)
Luminance	0.8485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF182 #828BFA

analogous

#FAB582 #FAF182 #C7FA82

triadic

#FAF182 #82FAF1 #F182FA

tetradic

#FAF182 #82FAB5 #828BFA #FA82C7

square

#FAF182 #82FAB5 #828BFA #FA82C7

split-complementary

#FAF182 #82C7FA #B582FA

monochromatic

#F5E40C #F8EA47 #FAF182 #FCF8BD #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.97

#FAF182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF182

17.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF182	1.00	1.17	17.97	17.97
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.133 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef5a8',
    500: '#faf182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf182;
$custom-light: #fef5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94272,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF182

secondary

#4853D8

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF182

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

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