#FAF480#FAF480

#FAF480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF480
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.56, -13.15, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.56, 57.61, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(94.86% -0.0383 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(94.86% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.6732, 86.5860, 33.1444)
Luminance	0.8658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF480 #8086FA

analogous

#FAB780 #FAF480 #C3FA80

triadic

#FAF480 #80FAF4 #F480FA

tetradic

#FAF480 #80FAB7 #8086FA #FA80C3

square

#FAF480 #80FAB7 #8086FA #FA80C3

split-complementary

#FAF480 #80C3FA #B780FA

monochromatic

#F5EA0A #F8EF45 #FAF480 #FCF9BB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.32

#FAF480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF480

18.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF480	1.00	1.15	18.32	18.32
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7a7',
    500: '#faf480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf480;
$custom-light: #fef7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94856,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.86584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF480

secondary

#474ED7

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF480

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

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