#FAF698#FAF698

#FAF698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.116 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF698
RGB	rgb(250, 246, 152)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 39.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.37, -11.84, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.37, 47.17, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(95.6% -0.0325 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(95.6% 0.116 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.0488, 88.5043, 42.6713)
Luminance	0.8850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF698 #989CFA

analogous

#FAC598 #FAF698 #CDFA98

triadic

#FAF698 #98FAF6 #F698FA

tetradic

#FAF698 #98FAC5 #989CFA #FA98CD

square

#FAF698 #98FAC5 #989CFA #FA98CD

split-complementary

#FAF698 #98CDFA #C598FA

monochromatic

#F4EC23 #F7F15E #FAF698 #FDFBD2 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.70

#FAF698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF698

18.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF698	1.00	1.12	18.70	18.70
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 246, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.116 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b7',
    500: '#faf698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf698;
$custom-light: #fdf9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 90.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95597,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF698

secondary

#5C61DB

accent

#09E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF698

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

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