#FAF55A#FAF55A

#FAF55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.171 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF55A
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.47, -16.34, 72.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.47, 74.14, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(94.67% -0.0514 0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(94.67% 0.171 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.9248, 86.3693, 22.4477)
Luminance	0.8637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF55A #5A5FFA

analogous

#FAA55A #FAF55A #AFFA5A

triadic

#FAF55A #5AFAF5 #F55AFA

tetradic

#FAF55A #5AFAA5 #5A5FFA #FA5AAF

square

#FAF55A #5AFAA5 #5A5FFA #FA5AAF

split-complementary

#FAF55A #5AAFFA #A55AFA

monochromatic

#D3CD06 #F8F11F #FAF55A #FCF995 #FEFCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.27

#FAF55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF55A

18.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF55A	1.00	1.15	18.27	18.27
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.171 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff890',
    500: '#faf55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf55a;
$custom-light: #fff890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9467,
    "c": 0.1711,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.86367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF55A

secondary

#2A2FCE

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF55A

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

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