#FAF57C#FAF57C

#FAF57C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.871; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF57C
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.77, -13.97, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.77, 59.83, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(95.01% -0.0411 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(95.01% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.7168, 87.0861, 31.8856)
Luminance	0.8708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF57C #7C81FA

analogous

#FAB67C #FAF57C #C0FA7C

triadic

#FAF57C #7CFAF5 #F57CFA

tetradic

#FAF57C #7CFAB6 #7C81FA #FA7CC0

square

#FAF57C #7CFAB6 #7C81FA #FA7CC0

split-complementary

#FAF57C #7CC0FA #B67CFA

monochromatic

#F2E909 #F8F041 #FAF57C #FCF9B7 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF57C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.42

#FAF57C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF57C

18.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF57C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF57C	1.00	1.14	18.42	18.42
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf57c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8a5',
    500: '#faf57c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf57c;
$custom-light: #fef8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf57c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95011,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.87084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF57C

secondary

#4349D7

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF57C

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

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