#FAF85E#FAF85E

#FAF85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.171 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF85E
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 62.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.27, -17.56, 71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.27, 73.71, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(95.32% -0.0544 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(95.32% 0.171 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.0146, 88.2692, 23.6736)
Luminance	0.8827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF85E #5E60FA

analogous

#FAAA5E #FAF85E #AEFA5E

triadic

#FAF85E #5EFAF8 #F85EFA

tetradic

#FAF85E #5EFAAA #5E60FA #FA5EAE

square

#FAF85E #5EFAAA #5E60FA #FA5EAE

split-complementary

#FAF85E #5EAEFA #AA5EFA

monochromatic

#D7D407 #F8F523 #FAF85E #FCFB99 #FEFDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FAF85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.65

#FAF85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF85E

18.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF85E	1.00	1.13	18.65	18.65
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.171 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa92',
    500: '#faf85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf85e;
$custom-light: #fffa92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 93.976,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95321,
    "c": 0.17114,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.88267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF85E

secondary

#2B2DD1

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF85E

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

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