#FAF28E#FAF28E

#FAF28E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.122 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF28E
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.22, -10.88, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.22, 50.25, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(94.64% -0.0305 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(94.64% 0.122 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.0605, 85.7833, 38.1371)
Luminance	0.8578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF28E #8E96FA

analogous

#FABC8E #FAF28E #CCFA8E

triadic

#FAF28E #8EFAF2 #F28EFA

tetradic

#FAF28E #8EFABC #8E96FA #FA8ECC

square

#FAF28E #8EFABC #8E96FA #FA8ECC

split-complementary

#FAF28E #8ECCFA #BC8EFA

monochromatic

#F5E519 #F7EB53 #FAF28E #FDF9C9 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FAF28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF28E

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF28E	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.122 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6b1',
    500: '#faf28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf28e;
$custom-light: #fef6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94638,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF28E

secondary

#535DD9

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF28E

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

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