#FAF270#FAF270

#FAF270 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.151 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF270
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.88, -13.45, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.88, 63.96, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0408 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.151 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1034, 85.0004, 27.8293)
Luminance	0.8500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF270 #7078FA

analogous

#FAAD70 #FAF270 #BDFA70

triadic

#FAF270 #70FAF2 #F270FA

tetradic

#FAF270 #70FAAD #7078FA #FA70BD

square

#FAF270 #70FAAD #7078FA #FA70BD

split-complementary

#FAF270 #70BDFA #AD70FA

monochromatic

#E8DB08 #F8ED35 #FAF270 #FCF7AB #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#FAF270 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF270

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF270	1.00	1.17	18.00	18.00
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.151 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69d',
    500: '#faf270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf270;
$custom-light: #fff69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94262,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.84998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF270

secondary

#3942D5

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF270

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

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