#FAF379#FAF379

#FAF379 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.144 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF379
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.23, -13.24, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.23, 60.37, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(94.57% -0.0393 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(94.57% 0.144 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.9282, 85.8079, 30.7011)
Luminance	0.8581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF379 #7980FA

analogous

#FAB279 #FAF379 #C1FA79

triadic

#FAF379 #79FAF3 #F379FA

tetradic

#FAF379 #79FAB2 #7980FA #FA79C1

square

#FAF379 #79FAB2 #7980FA #FA79C1

split-complementary

#FAF379 #79C1FA #B279FA

monochromatic

#F0E309 #F8EE3E #FAF379 #FCF8B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.16

#FAF379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF379

18.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF379	1.00	1.16	18.16	18.16
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.144 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a3',
    500: '#faf379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf379;
$custom-light: #fef6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94567,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF379

secondary

#4149D7

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF379

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

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