#FAF591#FAF591

#FAF591 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.877; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.122 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF591
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 145)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 42%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.02, -12.06, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.02, 50.09, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(95.29% -0.0337 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(95.29% 0.122 106)
XYZ	xyz(77.1890, 87.6750, 39.6394)
Luminance	0.8767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF591 #9196FA

analogous

#FAC191 #FAF591 #CAFA91

triadic

#FAF591 #91FAF5 #F591FA

tetradic

#FAF591 #91FAC1 #9196FA #FA91CA

square

#FAF591 #91FAC1 #9196FA #FA91CA

split-complementary

#FAF591 #91CAFA #C191FA

monochromatic

#F5EA1C #F7F056 #FAF591 #FDFACC #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FAF591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.53

#FAF591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF591

18.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF591	1.00	1.13	18.53	18.53
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.122 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf8b3',
    500: '#faf591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf591;
$custom-light: #fdf8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9529,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.87673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF591

secondary

#565CDA

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF591

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

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