#FAF272#FAF272

#FAF272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.149 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF272
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.90, -13.30, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.90, 63.09, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(94.28% -0.0402 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(94.28% 0.149 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.2160, 85.0455, 28.4223)
Luminance	0.8504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF272 #727AFA

analogous

#FAAE72 #FAF272 #BEFA72

triadic

#FAF272 #72FAF2 #F272FA

tetradic

#FAF272 #72FAAE #727AFA #FA72BE

square

#FAF272 #72FAAE #727AFA #FA72BE

split-complementary

#FAF272 #72BEFA #AE72FA

monochromatic

#E9DC08 #F8ED37 #FAF272 #FCF7AD #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.01

#FAF272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF272

18.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF272	1.00	1.17	18.01	18.01
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.149 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69e',
    500: '#faf272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf272;
$custom-light: #fff69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94284,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF272

secondary

#3B44D6

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF272

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

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