#FAF299#FAF299

#FAF299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.861; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.110 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF299
RGB	rgb(250, 242, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.37, -9.76, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.37, 44.97, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(94.8% -0.0264 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(94.8% 0.11 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.9275, 86.1301, 42.7032)
Luminance	0.8613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF299 #99A1FA

analogous

#FAC299 #FAF299 #D2FA99

triadic

#FAF299 #99FAF2 #F299FA

tetradic

#FAF299 #99FAC2 #99A1FA #FA99D2

square

#FAF299 #99FAC2 #99A1FA #FA99D2

split-complementary

#FAF299 #99D2FA #C299FA

monochromatic

#F4E324 #F7EB5F #FAF299 #FDF9D3 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.23

#FAF299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF299

18.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF299	1.00	1.15	18.23	18.23
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 242, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.110 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b8',
    500: '#faf299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf299;
$custom-light: #fdf6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94804,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF299

secondary

#5D67DB

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF299

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

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