#FAF579#FAF579

#FAF579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.870; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF579
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.74, -14.22, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.74, 61.18, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(94.98% -0.0421 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(94.98% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.5300, 87.0114, 30.9016)
Luminance	0.8701 (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

#FAF579 #797EFA

analogous

#FAB479 #FAF579 #BFFA79

triadic

#FAF579 #79FAF5 #F579FA

tetradic

#FAF579 #79FAB4 #797EFA #FA79BF

square

#FAF579 #79FAB4 #797EFA #FA79BF

split-complementary

#FAF579 #79BFFA #B479FA

monochromatic

#F0E709 #F8F13E #FAF579 #FCF9B4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.40

#FAF579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF579

18.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF579	1.00	1.14	18.40	18.40
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8a3',
    500: '#faf579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf579;
$custom-light: #fef8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94975,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.87009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF579

secondary

#4146D7

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF579

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

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