#FAF561#FAF561

#FAF561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.7% C 0.166 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF561
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.52, -15.93, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.52, 71.39, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(94.73% -0.0495 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(94.73% 0.166 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.2369, 86.4942, 24.0915)
Luminance	0.8649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF561 #6166FA

analogous

#FAA861 #FAF561 #B3FA61

triadic

#FAF561 #61FAF5 #F561FA

tetradic

#FAF561 #61FAA8 #6166FA #FA61B3

square

#FAF561 #61FAA8 #6166FA #FA61B3

split-complementary

#FAF561 #61B3FA #A861FA

monochromatic

#DAD307 #F8F126 #FAF561 #FCF99C #FEFDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#FAF561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.30

#FAF561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF561

18.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF561	1.00	1.15	18.30	18.30
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.7% 0.166 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff894',
    500: '#faf561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf561;
$custom-light: #fff894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94729,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF561

secondary

#2C31D3

accent

#08E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF561

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

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