#FAF36A#FAF36A

#FAF36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.157 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF36A
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.08, -14.36, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.08, 66.92, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(94.4% -0.0441 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(94.4% 0.157 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.0788, 85.4681, 26.2277)
Luminance	0.8547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF36A #6A71FA

analogous

#FAAB6A #FAF36A #B9FA6A

triadic

#FAF36A #6AFAF3 #F36AFA

tetradic

#FAF36A #6AFAAB #6A71FA #FA6AB9

square

#FAF36A #6AFAAB #6A71FA #FA6AB9

split-complementary

#FAF36A #6AB9FA #AB6AFA

monochromatic

#E2D708 #F8EE2F #FAF36A #FCF8A5 #FEFDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FAF36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF36A

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF36A	1.00	1.16	18.09	18.09
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.157 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff699',
    500: '#faf36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf36a;
$custom-light: #fff699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94404,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF36A

secondary

#343BD5

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF36A

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

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