#FAF581#FAF581

#FAF581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.872; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF581
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.83, -13.55, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.83, 57.56, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(95.07% -0.0394 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(95.07% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.0410, 87.2158, 33.5933)
Luminance	0.8721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF581 #8186FA

analogous

#FAB981 #FAF581 #C2FA81

triadic

#FAF581 #81FAF5 #F581FA

tetradic

#FAF581 #81FAB9 #8186FA #FA81C2

square

#FAF581 #81FAB9 #8186FA #FA81C2

split-complementary

#FAF581 #81C2FA #B981FA

monochromatic

#F5EC0B #F8F046 #FAF581 #FCFABC #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.44

#FAF581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF581

18.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF581	1.00	1.14	18.44	18.44
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8a8',
    500: '#faf581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf581;
$custom-light: #fef8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95072,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.87214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF581

secondary

#484ED8

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF581

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

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