#FAF659#FAF659

#FAF659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.870; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.173 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF659
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.72, -16.89, 72.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.72, 74.89, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(94.87% -0.053 0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(94.87% 0.173 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.1858, 86.9591, 22.3262)
Luminance	0.8696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF659 #595DFA

analogous

#FAA659 #FAF659 #AEFA59

triadic

#FAF659 #59FAF6 #F659FA

tetradic

#FAF659 #59FAA6 #595DFA #FA59AE

square

#FAF659 #59FAA6 #595DFA #FA59AE

split-complementary

#FAF659 #59AEFA #A659FA

monochromatic

#D2CD06 #F8F31E #FAF659 #FCF994 #FEFCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FAF659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.39

#FAF659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF659

18.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF659	1.00	1.14	18.39	18.39
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.173 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff88f',
    500: '#faf659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf659;
$custom-light: #fff88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.509,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94868,
    "c": 0.17276,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.86957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF659

secondary

#2A2ECD

accent

#06E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF659

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

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