#FAF489#FAF489

#FAF489 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.868; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.129 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF489
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 137)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 45.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.67, -12.34, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.67, 53.44, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(94.97% -0.0352 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(94.97% 0.129 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.2920, 86.8335, 36.4038)
Luminance	0.8683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF489 #898FFA

analogous

#FABB89 #FAF489 #C7FA89

triadic

#FAF489 #89FAF4 #F489FA

tetradic

#FAF489 #89FABB #898FFA #FA89C7

square

#FAF489 #89FABB #898FFA #FA89C7

split-complementary

#FAF489 #89C7FA #BB89FA

monochromatic

#F5E914 #F8EF4E #FAF489 #FCF9C4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.37

#FAF489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF489

18.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF489	1.00	1.14	18.37	18.37
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.129 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7ad',
    500: '#faf489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf489;
$custom-light: #fef7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 91.87,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94974,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF489

secondary

#4F56D9

accent

#0CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF489

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

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