#FAF271#FAF271

#FAF271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.150 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF271
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.89, -13.37, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.89, 63.52, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(94.27% -0.0405 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(94.27% 0.15 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1593, 85.0228, 28.1242)
Luminance	0.8502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF271 #7179FA

analogous

#FAAD71 #FAF271 #BDFA71

triadic

#FAF271 #71FAF2 #F271FA

tetradic

#FAF271 #71FAAD #7179FA #FA71BD

square

#FAF271 #71FAAD #7179FA #FA71BD

split-complementary

#FAF271 #71BDFA #AD71FA

monochromatic

#E8DB08 #F8ED36 #FAF271 #FCF7AC #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.00

#FAF271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF271

18.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF271	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)

#FFEA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.150 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69e',
    500: '#faf271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf271;
$custom-light: #fff69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 93.197,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94273,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF271

secondary

#3A43D5

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF271

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

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