#FAF37D#FAF37D

#FAF37D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF37D
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.27, -12.91, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.27, 58.57, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.038 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.1786, 85.9080, 32.0198)
Luminance	0.8591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF37D #7D84FA

analogous

#FAB47D #FAF37D #C2FA7D

triadic

#FAF37D #7DFAF3 #F37DFA

tetradic

#FAF37D #7DFAB4 #7D84FA #FA7DC2

square

#FAF37D #7DFAB4 #7D84FA #FA7DC2

split-complementary

#FAF37D #7DC2FA #B47DFA

monochromatic

#F3E609 #F8EE42 #FAF37D #FCF8B8 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FAF37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF37D

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF37D	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)

#FFEB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a5',
    500: '#faf37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf37d;
$custom-light: #fef6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94615,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.85906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF37D

secondary

#444CD7

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF37D

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

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