#FAF596#FAF596

#FAF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.878; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.117 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF596
RGB	rgb(250, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.09, -11.56, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.09, 47.70, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(95.36% -0.0318 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(95.36% 0.117 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(77.5831, 87.8327, 41.7147)
Luminance	0.8783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF596 #969BFA

analogous

#FAC396 #FAF596 #CDFA96

triadic

#FAF596 #96FAF5 #F596FA

tetradic

#FAF596 #96FAC3 #969BFA #FA96CD

square

#FAF596 #96FAC3 #969BFA #FA96CD

split-complementary

#FAF596 #96CDFA #C396FA

monochromatic

#F4EA21 #F7EF5C #FAF596 #FDFBD0 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FAF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.57

#FAF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF596

18.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF596	1.00	1.13	18.57	18.57
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.117 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf8b6',
    500: '#faf596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf596;
$custom-light: #fdf8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95364,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.87831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF596

secondary

#5A60DA

accent

#0BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF596

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

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