#FAF470#FAF470

#FAF470 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.862; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.153 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF470
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.40, -14.42, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.40, 64.74, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0436 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.153 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.7019, 86.1975, 28.0288)
Luminance	0.8619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF470 #7076FA

analogous

#FAAF70 #FAF470 #BBFA70

triadic

#FAF470 #70FAF4 #F470FA

tetradic

#FAF470 #70FAAF #7076FA #FA70BB

square

#FAF470 #70FAAF #7076FA #FA70BB

split-complementary

#FAF470 #70BBFA #AF70FA

monochromatic

#E8DE08 #F8EF35 #FAF470 #FCF9AB #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.24

#FAF470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF470

18.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF470	1.00	1.15	18.24	18.24
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.153 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff79d',
    500: '#faf470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf470;
$custom-light: #fff79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94671,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.86195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF470

secondary

#3940D5

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF470

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

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