#FAF57A#FAF57A

#FAF57A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.870; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF57A
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 51.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.75, -14.14, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.75, 60.73, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(94.99% -0.0418 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(94.99% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.5916, 87.0361, 31.2263)
Luminance	0.8703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF57A #7A7FFA

analogous

#FAB57A #FAF57A #BFFA7A

triadic

#FAF57A #7AFAF5 #F57AFA

tetradic

#FAF57A #7AFAB5 #7A7FFA #FA7ABF

square

#FAF57A #7AFAB5 #7A7FFA #FA7ABF

split-complementary

#FAF57A #7ABFFA #B57AFA

monochromatic

#F1E809 #F8F13F #FAF57A #FCF9B5 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.41

#FAF57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF57A

18.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF57A	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)

#FFED6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8a3',
    500: '#faf57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf57a;
$custom-light: #fef8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 92.754,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94987,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.87034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF57A

secondary

#4147D7

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF57A

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

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