#FAF291#FAF291

#FAF291 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.119 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF291
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 145)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.26, -10.58, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.26, 48.82, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.68% -0.0294 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(94.68% 0.119 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.2888, 85.8746, 39.3393)
Luminance	0.8587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF291 #9199FA

analogous

#FABE91 #FAF291 #CDFA91

triadic

#FAF291 #91FAF2 #F291FA

tetradic

#FAF291 #91FABE #9199FA #FA91CD

square

#FAF291 #91FABE #9199FA #FA91CD

split-complementary

#FAF291 #91CDFA #BE91FA

monochromatic

#F5E41C #F7EB56 #FAF291 #FDF9CC #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#FAF291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF291

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF291	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)

#FFEC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.119 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b3',
    500: '#faf291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf291;
$custom-light: #fdf6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94682,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF291

secondary

#5660DA

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF291

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

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