#FAF290#FAF290

#FAF290 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.120 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF290
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 144)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -10.68, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 49.29, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0298 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.12 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.2120, 85.8439, 38.9350)
Luminance	0.8584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF290 #9098FA

analogous

#FABD90 #FAF290 #CDFA90

triadic

#FAF290 #90FAF2 #F290FA

tetradic

#FAF290 #90FABD #9098FA #FA90CD

square

#FAF290 #90FABD #9098FA #FA90CD

split-complementary

#FAF290 #90CDFA #BD90FA

monochromatic

#F5E41B #F7EB55 #FAF290 #FDF9CB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#FAF290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF290

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF290	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.120 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b2',
    500: '#faf290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf290;
$custom-light: #fdf6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94667,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF290

secondary

#555FDA

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF290

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

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