#FAF657#FAF657

#FAF657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.869; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.174 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF657
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.71, -17.00, 73.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.71, 75.64, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(94.85% -0.0535 0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(94.85% 0.174 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.1030, 86.9260, 21.8899)
Luminance	0.8692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF657 #575BFA

analogous

#FAA457 #FAF657 #ACFA57

triadic

#FAF657 #57FAF6 #F657FA

tetradic

#FAF657 #57FAA4 #575BFA #FA57AC

square

#FAF657 #57FAA4 #575BFA #FA57AC

split-complementary

#FAF657 #57ACFA #A457FA

monochromatic

#D0CB06 #F8F31C #FAF657 #FCF992 #FEFCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.38

#FAF657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF657

18.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF657	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)

#FFED41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.174 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff88e',
    500: '#faf657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf657;
$custom-light: #fff88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.528,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94852,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF657

secondary

#2A2ECB

accent

#06E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF657

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

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