#FAF27A#FAF27A

#FAF27A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.852; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.142 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF27A
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.98, -12.67, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.98, 59.52, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(94.38% -0.0376 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(94.38% 0.142 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.6914, 85.2356, 30.9262)
Luminance	0.8523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF27A #7A82FA

analogous

#FAB27A #FAF27A #C2FA7A

triadic

#FAF27A #7AFAF2 #F27AFA

tetradic

#FAF27A #7AFAB2 #7A82FA #FA7AC2

square

#FAF27A #7AFAB2 #7A82FA #FA7AC2

split-complementary

#FAF27A #7AC2FA #B27AFA

monochromatic

#F1E209 #F8EC3F #FAF27A #FCF8B5 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FAF27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF27A

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF27A	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.142 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a3',
    500: '#faf27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf27a;
$custom-light: #fef6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94375,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF27A

secondary

#414BD7

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF27A

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

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