#FAF38E#FAF38E

#FAF38E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.123 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF38E
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.47, -11.37, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.47, 50.66, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(94.84% -0.032 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(94.84% 0.123 105)
XYZ	xyz(76.3590, 86.3802, 38.2366)
Luminance	0.8638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF38E #8E95FA

analogous

#FABD8E #FAF38E #CBFA8E

triadic

#FAF38E #8EFAF3 #F38EFA

tetradic

#FAF38E #8EFABD #8E95FA #FA8ECB

square

#FAF38E #8EFABD #8E95FA #FA8ECB

split-complementary

#FAF38E #8ECBFA #BD8EFA

monochromatic

#F5E719 #F7ED53 #FAF38E #FDF9C9 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.28

#FAF38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF38E

18.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF38E	1.00	1.15	18.28	18.28
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.123 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef6b1',
    500: '#faf38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf38e;
$custom-light: #fef6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94841,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.86378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF38E

secondary

#535CD9

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF38E

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

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