#FAF85A#FAF85A

#FAF85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.882; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.174 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF85A
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 64%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.24, -17.79, 73.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.24, 75.25, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(95.29% -0.0555 0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(95.29% 0.174 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.8397, 88.1992, 22.7527)
Luminance	0.8820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF85A #5A5CFA

analogous

#FAA85A #FAF85A #ACFA5A

triadic

#FAF85A #5AFAF8 #F85AFA

tetradic

#FAF85A #5AFAA8 #5A5CFA #FA5AAC

square

#FAF85A #5AFAA8 #5A5CFA #FA5AAC

split-complementary

#FAF85A #5AACFA #A85AFA

monochromatic

#D3D106 #F8F51F #FAF85A #FCFB95 #FEFDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FAF85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.64

#FAF85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF85A

18.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF85A	1.00	1.13	18.64	18.64
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.174 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa90',
    500: '#faf85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf85a;
$custom-light: #fffa90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 94.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95288,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.88197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF85A

secondary

#2A2CCE

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF85A

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

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