#FAF587#FAF587

#FAF587 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.874; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF587
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 135)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 46%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.90, -13.01, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.90, 54.79, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(95.15% -0.0373 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(95.15% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(76.4516, 87.3801, 35.7557)
Luminance	0.8738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF587 #878CFA

analogous

#FABB87 #FAF587 #C6FA87

triadic

#FAF587 #87FAF5 #F587FA

tetradic

#FAF587 #87FABB #878CFA #FA87C6

square

#FAF587 #87FABB #878CFA #FA87C6

split-complementary

#FAF587 #87C6FA #BB87FA

monochromatic

#F5EB11 #F8F04C #FAF587 #FCFAC2 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.48

#FAF587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF587

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF587	1.00	1.14	18.48	18.48
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE8DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8ac',
    500: '#faf587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf587;
$custom-light: #fef8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9515,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.87378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF587

secondary

#4D53D8

accent

#0AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF587

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

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