#FAF799#FAF799

#FAF799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.891; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.116 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF799
RGB	rgb(250, 247, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.64, -12.23, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.64, 47.13, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(95.82% -0.0335 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(95.82% 0.116 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(78.4361, 89.1472, 43.2061)
Luminance	0.8914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF799 #999CFA

analogous

#FAC799 #FAF799 #CDFA99

triadic

#FAF799 #99FAF7 #F799FA

tetradic

#FAF799 #99FAC7 #999CFA #FA99CD

square

#FAF799 #99FAC7 #999CFA #FA99CD

split-complementary

#FAF799 #99CDFA #C799FA

monochromatic

#F4EE24 #F7F25F #FAF799 #FDFCD3 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.83

#FAF799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF799

18.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF799	1.00	1.12	18.83	18.83
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 247, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.116 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b8',
    500: '#faf799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf799;
$custom-light: #fdf9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95815,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.89145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF799

secondary

#5D60DB

accent

#07E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF799

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

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