#FAF462#FAF462

#FAF462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.859; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.164 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF462
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.27, -15.38, 68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.27, 70.61, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(94.53% -0.0478 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(94.53% 0.164 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.9821, 85.9095, 24.2380)
Luminance	0.8591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF462 #6268FA

analogous

#FAA862 #FAF462 #B4FA62

triadic

#FAF462 #62FAF4 #F462FA

tetradic

#FAF462 #62FAA8 #6268FA #FA62B4

square

#FAF462 #62FAA8 #6268FA #FA62B4

split-complementary

#FAF462 #62B4FA #A862FA

monochromatic

#DBD207 #F8F027 #FAF462 #FCF89D #FEFCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAF462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.18

#FAF462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF462

18.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF462	1.00	1.16	18.18	18.18
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.164 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff794',
    500: '#faf462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf462;
$custom-light: #fff794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 93.827,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94533,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.85907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF462

secondary

#2D33D3

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF462

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

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