#FAF279#FAF279

#FAF279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.143 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF279
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.97, -12.75, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.97, 59.98, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(94.36% -0.0379 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(94.36% 0.143 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.6297, 85.2110, 30.6016)
Luminance	0.8521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF279 #7981FA

analogous

#FAB179 #FAF279 #C1FA79

triadic

#FAF279 #79FAF2 #F279FA

tetradic

#FAF279 #79FAB1 #7981FA #FA79C1

square

#FAF279 #79FAB1 #7981FA #FA79C1

split-complementary

#FAF279 #79C1FA #B179FA

monochromatic

#F0E109 #F8EC3E #FAF279 #FCF8B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.04

#FAF279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF279

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF279	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)

#FFEA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.143 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a3',
    500: '#faf279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf279;
$custom-light: #fef6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94363,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF279

secondary

#414AD7

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF279

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

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