#FAF259#FAF259

#FAF259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.169 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF259
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.69, -14.94, 71.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.69, 73.43, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(94.05% -0.0475 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(94.05% 0.169 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.9823, 84.5520, 21.9250)
Luminance	0.8455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF259 #5961FA

analogous

#FAA259 #FAF259 #B1FA59

triadic

#FAF259 #59FAF2 #F259FA

tetradic

#FAF259 #59FAA2 #5961FA #FA59B1

square

#FAF259 #59FAA2 #5961FA #FA59B1

split-complementary

#FAF259 #59B1FA #A259FA

monochromatic

#D2C806 #F8ED1E #FAF259 #FCF794 #FEFBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.91

#FAF259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF259

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF259	1.00	1.17	17.91	17.91
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.169 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff68f',
    500: '#faf259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf259;
$custom-light: #fff68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.019,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94046,
    "c": 0.16899,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF259

secondary

#2A32CD

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF259

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

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