#FAF779#FAF779

#FAF779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.882; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.148 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAF779
RGBrgb(250, 247, 121)
HSLhsl(59, 93%, 73%)
HSVhsv(59, 52%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(95.26, -15.19, 60.10)
CIE-LCHlch(95.26, 61.99, 104.19°)
OKLaboklab(95.38% -0.0449 0.141)
OKLCHoklch(95.38% 0.148 107.7)
XYZxyz(76.1383, 88.2280, 31.1044)
Luminance0.8823 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAF779 #797CFA
analogous
#FAB779 #FAF779 #BCFA79
triadic
#FAF779 #79FAF7 #F779FA
tetradic
#FAF779 #79FAB7 #797CFA #FA79BC
square
#FAF779 #79FAB7 #797CFA #FA79BC
split-complementary
#FAF779 #79BCFA #B779FA
monochromatic
#F0EA09 #F8F33E #FAF779 #FCFBB4 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13
#FAF779 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.65
#FAF779 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF779
18.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAF779#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAF7791.001.1318.6518.65
#FFFFFF1.131.0021.0021.00
#00000018.6521.001.001.00
##00000018.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEF6D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF47F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFEADB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #faf779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 247, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.148 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef9a3',
    500: '#faf779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #faf779;
$custom-light: #fef9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#faf779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95384,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAF779
secondary
#4144D7
accent
#05E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF6
border
#D7D7D0
text
#18170F
muted
#868580

Preview Lab

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#FAF779 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva