#FAF474#FAF474

#FAF474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.863; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.149 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF474
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.44, -14.12, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.44, 62.99, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(94.71% -0.0423 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(94.71% 0.149 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.9295, 86.2885, 29.2279)
Luminance	0.8629 (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

#FAF474 #747AFA

analogous

#FAB174 #FAF474 #BDFA74

triadic

#FAF474 #74FAF4 #F474FA

tetradic

#FAF474 #74FAB1 #747AFA #FA74BD

square

#FAF474 #74FAB1 #747AFA #FA74BD

split-complementary

#FAF474 #74BDFA #B174FA

monochromatic

#EBE108 #F8EF39 #FAF474 #FCF9AF #FEFDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.26

#FAF474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF474

18.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF474	1.00	1.15	18.26	18.26
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.149 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7a0',
    500: '#faf474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf474;
$custom-light: #fef7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94714,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF474

secondary

#3C43D6

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF474

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

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