#FAF78E#FAF78E

#FAF78E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.888; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.128 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF78E
RGB	rgb(250, 247, 142)
HSL	hsl(58, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.50, -13.34, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.50, 52.37, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(95.65% -0.0376 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(95.65% 0.128 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.5691, 88.8004, 38.6400)
Luminance	0.8880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF78E #8E91FA

analogous

#FAC18E #FAF78E #C7FA8E

triadic

#FAF78E #8EFAF7 #F78EFA

tetradic

#FAF78E #8EFAC1 #8E91FA #FA8EC7

square

#FAF78E #8EFAC1 #8E91FA #FA8EC7

split-complementary

#FAF78E #8EC7FA #C18EFA

monochromatic

#F5EF19 #F7F353 #FAF78E #FDFBC9 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.76

#FAF78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF78E

18.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF78E	1.00	1.12	18.76	18.76
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 247, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.128 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef9b1',
    500: '#faf78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf78e;
$custom-light: #fef9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95653,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF78E

secondary

#5357D9

accent

#06E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF78E

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

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