#FAF85F#FAF85F

#FAF85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.883; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.170 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF85F
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 62%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.28, -17.50, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.28, 73.32, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(95.33% -0.0541 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(95.33% 0.17 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.0597, 88.2872, 23.9115)
Luminance	0.8829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF85F #5F61FA

analogous

#FAAB5F #FAF85F #AEFA5F

triadic

#FAF85F #5FFAF8 #F85FFA

tetradic

#FAF85F #5FFAAB #5F61FA #FA5FAE

square

#FAF85F #5FFAAB #5F61FA #FA5FAE

split-complementary

#FAF85F #5FAEFA #AB5FFA

monochromatic

#D8D507 #F8F524 #FAF85F #FCFB9A #FEFDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FAF85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.66

#FAF85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF85F

18.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF85F	1.00	1.13	18.66	18.66
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.170 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa93',
    500: '#faf85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf85f;
$custom-light: #fffa93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 93.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95329,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.88285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF85F

secondary

#2B2DD2

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF85F

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

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