#FAF381#FAF381

#FAF381 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.860; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.136 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF381
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.32, -12.57, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.32, 56.74, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0366 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.136 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.4393, 86.0123, 33.3927)
Luminance	0.8601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF381 #8188FA

analogous

#FAB781 #FAF381 #C5FA81

triadic

#FAF381 #81FAF3 #F381FA

tetradic

#FAF381 #81FAB7 #8188FA #FA81C5

square

#FAF381 #81FAB7 #8188FA #FA81C5

split-complementary

#FAF381 #81C5FA #B781FA

monochromatic

#F5E80B #F8ED46 #FAF381 #FCF9BC #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.20

#FAF381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF381

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF381	1.00	1.15	18.20	18.20
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.136 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6a8',
    500: '#faf381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf381;
$custom-light: #fef6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94665,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.8601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF381

secondary

#4850D8

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF381

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

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