#FAF457#FAF457

#FAF457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.172 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF457
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.19, -16.03, 73.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.19, 74.92, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(94.44% -0.0508 0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(94.44% 0.172 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.4980, 85.7159, 21.6882)
Luminance	0.8571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF457 #575DFA

analogous

#FAA257 #FAF457 #AFFA57

triadic

#FAF457 #57FAF4 #F457FA

tetradic

#FAF457 #57FAA2 #575DFA #FA57AF

square

#FAF457 #57FAA2 #575DFA #FA57AF

split-complementary

#FAF457 #57AFFA #A257FA

monochromatic

#D0C906 #F8F01C #FAF457 #FCF892 #FEFCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.14

#FAF457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF457

18.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF457	1.00	1.16	18.14	18.14
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.172 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff78e',
    500: '#faf457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf457;
$custom-light: #fff78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.791,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9444,
    "c": 0.17225,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF457

secondary

#2A30CB

accent

#08E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF457

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

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