#FAF398#FAF398

#FAF398 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.867; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.113 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF398
RGB	rgb(250, 243, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 39.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.61, -10.36, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.61, 45.88, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.99% -0.0282 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(94.99% 0.113 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.1437, 86.6941, 42.3696)
Luminance	0.8669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF398 #989FFA

analogous

#FAC298 #FAF398 #D0FA98

triadic

#FAF398 #98FAF3 #F398FA

tetradic

#FAF398 #98FAC2 #989FFA #FA98D0

square

#FAF398 #98FAC2 #989FFA #FA98D0

split-complementary

#FAF398 #98D0FA #C298FA

monochromatic

#F4E523 #F7EC5E #FAF398 #FDFAD2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.34

#FAF398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF398

18.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF398	1.00	1.15	18.34	18.34
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 243, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.113 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf6b7',
    500: '#faf398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf398;
$custom-light: #fdf6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 243,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 90.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9499,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF398

secondary

#5C65DB

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF398

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

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