#FAF36E#FAF36E

#FAF36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.856; 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	#FAF36E
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.12, -14.08, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.12, 65.21, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(94.45% -0.0429 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(94.45% 0.154 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.2917, 85.5533, 27.3488)
Luminance	0.8555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF36E #6E75FA

analogous

#FAAD6E #FAF36E #BBFA6E

triadic

#FAF36E #6EFAF3 #F36EFA

tetradic

#FAF36E #6EFAAD #6E75FA #FA6EBB

square

#FAF36E #6EFAAD #6E75FA #FA6EBB

split-complementary

#FAF36E #6EBBFA #AD6EFA

monochromatic

#E6DB08 #F8EE33 #FAF36E #FCF8A9 #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.11

#FAF36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF36E

18.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF36E	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)

#FFEB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.154 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff69c',
    500: '#faf36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf36e;
$custom-light: #fff69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94445,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.85551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF36E

secondary

#373FD5

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF36E

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

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