#FAF397#FAF397

#FAF397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.867; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.114 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF397
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.59, -10.47, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.59, 46.36, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.98% -0.0286 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(94.98% 0.114 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.0622, 86.6615, 41.9400)
Luminance	0.8666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF397 #979EFA

analogous

#FAC197 #FAF397 #CFFA97

triadic

#FAF397 #97FAF3 #F397FA

tetradic

#FAF397 #97FAC1 #979EFA #FA97CF

square

#FAF397 #97FAC1 #979EFA #FA97CF

split-complementary

#FAF397 #97CFFA #C197FA

monochromatic

#F4E622 #F7EC5D #FAF397 #FDFAD1 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.33

#FAF397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF397

18.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF397	1.00	1.15	18.33	18.33
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.114 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b7',
    500: '#faf397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf397;
$custom-light: #fdf6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94975,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.8666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF397

secondary

#5B64DA

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF397

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

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