#FAF37C#FAF37C

#FAF37C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.141 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF37C
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 124)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.26, -12.99, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.26, 59.02, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(94.6% -0.0383 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(94.6% 0.141 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.1150, 85.8826, 31.6851)
Luminance	0.8588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF37C #7C83FA

analogous

#FAB47C #FAF37C #C2FA7C

triadic

#FAF37C #7CFAF3 #F37CFA

tetradic

#FAF37C #7CFAB4 #7C83FA #FA7CC2

square

#FAF37C #7CFAB4 #7C83FA #FA7CC2

split-complementary

#FAF37C #7CC2FA #B47CFA

monochromatic

#F2E509 #F8EE41 #FAF37C #FCF8B7 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF37C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FAF37C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF37C

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF37C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF37C	1.00	1.16	18.18	18.18
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf37c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.141 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a5',
    500: '#faf37c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf37c;
$custom-light: #fef6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf37c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94603,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF37C

secondary

#434BD7

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF37C

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

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