#FAF257#FAF257

#FAF257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.170 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF257
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.68, -15.06, 72.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.68, 74.20, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(94.03% -0.048 0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(94.03% 0.17 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.8994, 84.5189, 21.4887)
Luminance	0.8452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF257 #575FFA

analogous

#FAA057 #FAF257 #B0FA57

triadic

#FAF257 #57FAF2 #F257FA

tetradic

#FAF257 #57FAA0 #575FFA #FA57B0

square

#FAF257 #57FAA0 #575FFA #FA57B0

split-complementary

#FAF257 #57B0FA #A057FA

monochromatic

#D0C606 #F8ED1C #FAF257 #FCF792 #FEFBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FAF257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF257

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF257	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.170 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff68e',
    500: '#faf257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf257;
$custom-light: #fff68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.055,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9403,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.84516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF257

secondary

#2A32CB

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF257

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

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