#FAF697#FAF697

#FAF697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.117 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF697
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.36, -11.94, 46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.36, 47.65, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(95.58% -0.0329 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(95.58% 0.117 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.9673, 88.4717, 42.2417)
Luminance	0.8847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF697 #979BFA

analogous

#FAC497 #FAF697 #CCFA97

triadic

#FAF697 #97FAF6 #F697FA

tetradic

#FAF697 #97FAC4 #979BFA #FA97CC

square

#FAF697 #97FAC4 #979BFA #FA97CC

split-complementary

#FAF697 #97CCFA #C497FA

monochromatic

#F4EC22 #F7F15D #FAF697 #FDFBD1 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.69

#FAF697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF697

18.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF697	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)

#FFEF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.117 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b7',
    500: '#faf697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf697;
$custom-light: #fdf9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95582,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF697

secondary

#5B60DA

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF697

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

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