#FAF278#FAF278

#FAF278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.144 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF278
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.96, -12.83, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.96, 60.42, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(94.35% -0.0382 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(94.35% 0.144 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.5687, 85.1866, 30.2803)
Luminance	0.8518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF278 #7880FA

analogous

#FAB178 #FAF278 #C1FA78

triadic

#FAF278 #78FAF2 #F278FA

tetradic

#FAF278 #78FAB1 #7880FA #FA78C1

square

#FAF278 #78FAB1 #7880FA #FA78C1

split-complementary

#FAF278 #78C1FA #B178FA

monochromatic

#EFE109 #F8EC3D #FAF278 #FCF8B3 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#FAF278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF278

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF278	1.00	1.16	18.04	18.04
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.144 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a2',
    500: '#faf278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf278;
$custom-light: #fef6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94352,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF278

secondary

#4049D6

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF278

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

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