#FAF656#FAF656

#FAF656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.869; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.175 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF656
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.70, -17.05, 74.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.70, 76.02, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(94.84% -0.0538 0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(94.84% 0.175 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.0624, 86.9097, 21.6762)
Luminance	0.8691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF656 #565AFA

analogous

#FAA456 #FAF656 #ACFA56

triadic

#FAF656 #56FAF6 #F656FA

tetradic

#FAF656 #56FAA4 #565AFA #FA56AC

square

#FAF656 #56FAA4 #565AFA #FA56AC

split-complementary

#FAF656 #56ACFA #A456FA

monochromatic

#CFCB06 #F8F31B #FAF656 #FCF991 #FEFCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.38

#FAF656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF656

18.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF656	1.00	1.14	18.38	18.38
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.175 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff88e',
    500: '#faf656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf656;
$custom-light: #fff88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 94.253,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94844,
    "c": 0.17481,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF656

secondary

#2A2DCB

accent

#06E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF656

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

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