#FAF696#FAF696

#FAF696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.884; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.118 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF696
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.35, -12.05, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.35, 48.13, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(95.57% -0.0332 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(95.57% 0.118 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(77.8864, 88.4393, 41.8159)
Luminance	0.8844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF696 #969AFA

analogous

#FAC496 #FAF696 #CCFA96

triadic

#FAF696 #96FAF6 #F696FA

tetradic

#FAF696 #96FAC4 #969AFA #FA96CC

square

#FAF696 #96FAC4 #969AFA #FA96CC

split-complementary

#FAF696 #96CCFA #C496FA

monochromatic

#F4EC21 #F7F15C #FAF696 #FDFBD0 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.69

#FAF696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF696

18.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF696	1.00	1.12	18.69	18.69
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.118 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b6',
    500: '#faf696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf696;
$custom-light: #fdf9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95567,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.88438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF696

secondary

#5A5FDA

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF696

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

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