#FAF473#FAF473

#FAF473 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.150 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF473
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 115)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.43, -14.20, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.43, 63.43, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(94.7% -0.0427 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(94.7% 0.15 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.8717, 86.2654, 28.9232)
Luminance	0.8626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF473 #7379FA

analogous

#FAB173 #FAF473 #BDFA73

triadic

#FAF473 #73FAF4 #F473FA

tetradic

#FAF473 #73FAB1 #7379FA #FA73BD

square

#FAF473 #73FAB1 #7379FA #FA73BD

split-complementary

#FAF473 #73BDFA #B173FA

monochromatic

#EAE008 #F8EF38 #FAF473 #FCF9AE #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.25

#FAF473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF473

18.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF473	1.00	1.15	18.25	18.25
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.150 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef79f',
    500: '#faf473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf473;
$custom-light: #fef79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94703,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF473

secondary

#3B42D6

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF473

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

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