#FAF361#FAF361

#FAF361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.164 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF361
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.01, -14.96, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.01, 70.64, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(94.32% -0.0467 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(94.32% 0.164 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.6351, 85.2906, 23.8909)
Luminance	0.8529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF361 #6168FA

analogous

#FAA661 #FAF361 #B4FA61

triadic

#FAF361 #61FAF3 #F361FA

tetradic

#FAF361 #61FAA6 #6168FA #FA61B4

square

#FAF361 #61FAA6 #6168FA #FA61B4

split-complementary

#FAF361 #61B4FA #A661FA

monochromatic

#DAD007 #F8EE26 #FAF361 #FCF89C #FEFCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.06

#FAF361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF361

18.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF361	1.00	1.16	18.06	18.06
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.164 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff694',
    500: '#faf361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf361;
$custom-light: #fff694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94319,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.85288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF361

secondary

#2C34D3

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF361

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

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