#FAF490#FAF490

#FAF490 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.870; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.122 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF490
RGB	rgb(250, 244, 144)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 42.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.76, -11.67, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.76, 50.14, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(95.07% -0.0326 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(95.07% 0.122 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.8106, 87.0409, 39.1345)
Luminance	0.8704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF490 #9096FA

analogous

#FABF90 #FAF490 #CBFA90

triadic

#FAF490 #90FAF4 #F490FA

tetradic

#FAF490 #90FABF #9096FA #FA90CB

square

#FAF490 #90FABF #9096FA #FA90CB

split-complementary

#FAF490 #90CBFA #BF90FA

monochromatic

#F5E81B #F7EE55 #FAF490 #FDFACB #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.41

#FAF490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF490

18.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF490	1.00	1.14	18.41	18.41
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 244, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.122 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf7b2',
    500: '#faf490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf490;
$custom-light: #fdf7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95072,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.87039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF490

secondary

#555CDA

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF490

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

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