#FAF357#FAF357

#FAF357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.851; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.171 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF357
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.93, -15.54, 72.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.93, 74.56, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(94.24% -0.0494 0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(94.24% 0.171 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.1979, 85.1157, 21.5882)
Luminance	0.8511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF357 #575EFA

analogous

#FAA157 #FAF357 #AFFA57

triadic

#FAF357 #57FAF3 #F357FA

tetradic

#FAF357 #57FAA1 #575EFA #FA57AF

square

#FAF357 #57FAA1 #575EFA #FA57AF

split-complementary

#FAF357 #57AFFA #A157FA

monochromatic

#D0C806 #F8EF1C #FAF357 #FCF792 #FEFBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FAF357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.02

#FAF357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF357

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF357	1.00	1.17	18.02	18.02
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.171 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff68e',
    500: '#faf357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf357;
$custom-light: #fff68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.423,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94235,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF357

secondary

#2A31CB

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF357

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

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