#FAF481#FAF481

#FAF481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.866; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.137 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF481
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.57, -13.06, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.57, 57.15, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(94.87% -0.038 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(94.87% 0.137 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.7393, 86.6124, 33.4928)
Luminance	0.8661 (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

#FAF481 #8187FA

analogous

#FAB881 #FAF481 #C4FA81

triadic

#FAF481 #81FAF4 #F481FA

tetradic

#FAF481 #81FAB8 #8187FA #FA81C4

square

#FAF481 #81FAB8 #8187FA #FA81C4

split-complementary

#FAF481 #81C4FA #B881FA

monochromatic

#F5EA0B #F8EF46 #FAF481 #FCF9BC #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.32

#FAF481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF481

18.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF481	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)

#FFEC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.137 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7a8',
    500: '#faf481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf481;
$custom-light: #fef7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94868,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF481

secondary

#484FD8

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF481

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

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