#FAF265#FAF265

#FAF265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.160 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF265
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.78, -14.21, 67.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.78, 68.63, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0442 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.16 106)
XYZ	xyz(73.5279, 84.7702, 24.7985)
Luminance	0.8477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF265 #656DFA

analogous

#FAA865 #FAF265 #B7FA65

triadic

#FAF265 #65FAF2 #F265FA

tetradic

#FAF265 #65FAA8 #656DFA #FA65B7

square

#FAF265 #65FAA8 #656DFA #FA65B7

split-complementary

#FAF265 #65B7FA #A865FA

monochromatic

#DDD207 #F8ED2A #FAF265 #FCF7A0 #FEFCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.95

#FAF265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF265

17.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF265	1.00	1.17	17.95	17.95
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.160 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff696',
    500: '#faf265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf265;
$custom-light: #fff696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 93.711,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94151,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.84768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF265

secondary

#2F38D4

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF265

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

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