#FAF196#FAF196

#FAF196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.113 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF196
RGB	rgb(250, 241, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.07, -9.58, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.07, 45.99, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(94.56% -0.0261 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(94.56% 0.113 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.3860, 85.4386, 41.3157)
Luminance	0.8544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF196 #969FFA

analogous

#FABF96 #FAF196 #D1FA96

triadic

#FAF196 #96FAF1 #F196FA

tetradic

#FAF196 #96FABF #969FFA #FA96D1

square

#FAF196 #96FABF #969FFA #FA96D1

split-complementary

#FAF196 #96D1FA #BF96FA

monochromatic

#F4E121 #F7E95C #FAF196 #FDF9D0 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FAF196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF196

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF196	1.00	1.16	18.09	18.09
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 241, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.113 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf5b6',
    500: '#faf196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf196;
$custom-light: #fdf5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94556,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF196

secondary

#5A65DA

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF196

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

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