#FAF266#FAF266

#FAF266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.159 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF266
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.79, -14.15, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.79, 68.22, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(94.16% -0.0439 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(94.16% 0.159 106)
XYZ	xyz(73.5772, 84.7900, 25.0581)
Luminance	0.8479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF266 #666EFA

analogous

#FAA866 #FAF266 #B8FA66

triadic

#FAF266 #66FAF2 #F266FA

tetradic

#FAF266 #66FAA8 #666EFA #FA66B8

square

#FAF266 #66FAA8 #666EFA #FA66B8

split-complementary

#FAF266 #66B8FA #A866FA

monochromatic

#DED307 #F8ED2B #FAF266 #FCF7A1 #FEFCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FAF266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF266

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF266	1.00	1.17	17.96	17.96
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.159 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff697',
    500: '#faf266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf266;
$custom-light: #fff697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 93.671,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94161,
    "c": 0.15923,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.84788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF266

secondary

#3039D4

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF266

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

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