#FAF276#FAF276

#FAF276 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.146 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF276
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 118)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.94, -12.99, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.94, 61.32, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(94.33% -0.0389 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(94.33% 0.146 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.4486, 85.1385, 29.6477)
Luminance	0.8514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF276 #767EFA

analogous

#FAB076 #FAF276 #C0FA76

triadic

#FAF276 #76FAF2 #F276FA

tetradic

#FAF276 #76FAB0 #767EFA #FA76C0

square

#FAF276 #76FAB0 #767EFA #FA76C0

split-complementary

#FAF276 #76C0FA #B076FA

monochromatic

#EDDF09 #F8EC3B #FAF276 #FCF8B1 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.03

#FAF276 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF276

18.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF276	1.00	1.16	18.03	18.03
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.146 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a1',
    500: '#faf276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf276;
$custom-light: #fef6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94329,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF276

secondary

#3E47D6

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF276

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

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