#FAF281#FAF281

#FAF281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.135 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF281
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 129)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.06, -12.08, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.06, 56.33, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(94.46% -0.0352 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(94.46% 0.135 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.1408, 85.4154, 33.2933)
Luminance	0.8541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF281 #8189FA

analogous

#FAB681 #FAF281 #C6FA81

triadic

#FAF281 #81FAF2 #F281FA

tetradic

#FAF281 #81FAB6 #8189FA #FA81C6

square

#FAF281 #81FAB6 #8189FA #FA81C6

split-complementary

#FAF281 #81C6FA #B681FA

monochromatic

#F5E60B #F8EC46 #FAF281 #FCF8BC #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#FAF281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF281

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF281	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)

#FFEB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.135 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a8',
    500: '#faf281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf281;
$custom-light: #fef6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94462,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF281

secondary

#4851D8

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF281

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

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