#FAF57D#FAF57D

#FAF57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.871; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF57D
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 93%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 50%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.79, -13.89, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.79, 59.38, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(95.02% -0.0408 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(95.02% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.7803, 87.1116, 32.2204)
Luminance	0.8711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF57D #7D82FA

analogous

#FAB67D #FAF57D #C0FA7D

triadic

#FAF57D #7DFAF5 #F57DFA

tetradic

#FAF57D #7DFAB6 #7D82FA #FA7DC0

square

#FAF57D #7DFAB6 #7D82FA #FA7DC0

split-complementary

#FAF57D #7DC0FA #B67DFA

monochromatic

#F3EA09 #F8F042 #FAF57D #FCFAB8 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.42

#FAF57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF57D

18.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF57D	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)

#FFED72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8a5',
    500: '#faf57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf57d;
$custom-light: #fef8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95023,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.87109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF57D

secondary

#444AD7

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF57D

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

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