#FAF86C#FAF86C

#FAF86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.885; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.160 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF86C
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 108)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 56.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.39, -16.65, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.39, 68.03, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(95.45% -0.0504 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(95.45% 0.16 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.7007, 88.5436, 27.2874)
Luminance	0.8854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF86C #6C6EFA

analogous

#FAB16C #FAF86C #B5FA6C

triadic

#FAF86C #6CFAF8 #F86CFA

tetradic

#FAF86C #6CFAB1 #6C6EFA #FA6CB5

square

#FAF86C #6CFAB1 #6C6EFA #FA6CB5

split-complementary

#FAF86C #6CB5FA #B16CFA

monochromatic

#E4E108 #F8F531 #FAF86C #FCFBA7 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.71

#FAF86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF86C

18.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF86C	1.00	1.12	18.71	18.71
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.160 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa9b',
    500: '#faf86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf86c;
$custom-light: #fffa9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95449,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF86C

secondary

#3538D5

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF86C

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

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