#FAF36D#FAF36D

#FAF36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.154 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF36D
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.11, -14.15, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.11, 65.64, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(94.44% -0.0432 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(94.44% 0.154 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.2375, 85.5316, 27.0637)
Luminance	0.8553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF36D #6D74FA

analogous

#FAAC6D #FAF36D #BBFA6D

triadic

#FAF36D #6DFAF3 #F36DFA

tetradic

#FAF36D #6DFAAC #6D74FA #FA6DBB

square

#FAF36D #6DFAAC #6D74FA #FA6DBB

split-complementary

#FAF36D #6DBBFA #AC6DFA

monochromatic

#E5DA08 #F8EE32 #FAF36D #FCF8A8 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.11

#FAF36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF36D

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF36D	1.00	1.16	18.11	18.11
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.154 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69b',
    500: '#faf36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf36d;
$custom-light: #fff69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94435,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF36D

secondary

#363ED5

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF36D

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

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