#FAF27E#FAF27E

#FAF27E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.138 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF27E
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 49.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.03, -12.34, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.03, 57.71, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(94.42% -0.0362 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(94.42% 0.138 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.9443, 85.3368, 32.2584)
Luminance	0.8534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF27E #7E86FA

analogous

#FAB47E #FAF27E #C4FA7E

triadic

#FAF27E #7EFAF2 #F27EFA

tetradic

#FAF27E #7EFAB4 #7E86FA #FA7EC4

square

#FAF27E #7EFAB4 #7E86FA #FA7EC4

split-complementary

#FAF27E #7EC4FA #B47EFA

monochromatic

#F4E509 #F8EC43 #FAF27E #FCF8B9 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF27E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.07

#FAF27E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF27E

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF27E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF27E	1.00	1.16	18.07	18.07
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf27e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.138 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a6',
    500: '#faf27e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf27e;
$custom-light: #fef6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf27e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 92.537,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94424,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF27E

secondary

#454ED7

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF27E

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

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