#FAF479#FAF479

#FAF479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.145 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF479
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.49, -13.73, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.49, 60.77, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(94.77% -0.0407 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(94.77% 0.145 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.2282, 86.4080, 30.8011)
Luminance	0.8641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF479 #797FFA

analogous

#FAB379 #FAF479 #C0FA79

triadic

#FAF479 #79FAF4 #F479FA

tetradic

#FAF479 #79FAB3 #797FFA #FA79C0

square

#FAF479 #79FAB3 #797FFA #FA79C0

split-complementary

#FAF479 #79C0FA #B379FA

monochromatic

#F0E509 #F8EF3E #FAF479 #FCF9B4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.28

#FAF479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF479

18.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF479	1.00	1.15	18.28	18.28
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.145 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7a3',
    500: '#faf479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf479;
$custom-light: #fef7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94771,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF479

secondary

#4148D7

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF479

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

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