#FAF37B#FAF37B

#FAF37B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.142 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF37B
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 123)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.25, -13.08, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.25, 59.47, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.59% -0.0386 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(94.59% 0.142 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.0521, 85.8574, 31.3537)
Luminance	0.8586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF37B #7B82FA

analogous

#FAB37B #FAF37B #C1FA7B

triadic

#FAF37B #7BFAF3 #F37BFA

tetradic

#FAF37B #7BFAB3 #7B82FA #FA7BC1

square

#FAF37B #7BFAB3 #7B82FA #FA7BC1

split-complementary

#FAF37B #7BC1FA #B37BFA

monochromatic

#F1E509 #F8EE40 #FAF37B #FCF8B6 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF37B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.17

#FAF37B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF37B

18.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF37B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF37B	1.00	1.16	18.17	18.17
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf37b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.142 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a4',
    500: '#faf37b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf37b;
$custom-light: #fef6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf37b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94591,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.85855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF37B

secondary

#424BD7

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF37B

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

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