#FAF280#FAF280

#FAF280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.136 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF280
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 128)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.05, -12.16, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.05, 56.79, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(94.45% -0.0355 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(94.45% 0.136 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.0747, 85.3890, 32.9449)
Luminance	0.8539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF280 #8088FA

analogous

#FAB580 #FAF280 #C5FA80

triadic

#FAF280 #80FAF2 #F280FA

tetradic

#FAF280 #80FAB5 #8088FA #FA80C5

square

#FAF280 #80FAB5 #8088FA #FA80C5

split-complementary

#FAF280 #80C5FA #B580FA

monochromatic

#F5E60A #F8EC45 #FAF280 #FCF8BB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#FAF280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF280

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF280	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.136 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a7',
    500: '#faf280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf280;
$custom-light: #fef6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94449,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF280

secondary

#4750D7

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF280

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

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