#FAF86D#FAF86D

#FAF86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.886; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.159 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FAF86D
RGBrgb(250, 248, 109)
HSLhsl(59, 93%, 70%)
HSVhsv(59, 56%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.8%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(95.40, -16.58, 65.54)
CIE-LCHlch(95.40, 67.60, 104.20°)
OKLaboklab(95.46% -0.0501 0.1514)
OKLCHoklch(95.46% 0.159 108.3)
XYZxyz(75.7543, 88.5650, 27.5693)
Luminance0.8856 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FAF86D #6D6FFA
analogous
#FAB16D #FAF86D #B5FA6D
triadic
#FAF86D #6DFAF8 #F86DFA
tetradic
#FAF86D #6DFAB1 #6D6FFA #FA6DB5
square
#FAF86D #6DFAB1 #6D6FFA #FA6DB5
split-complementary
#FAF86D #6DB5FA #B16DFA
monochromatic
#E5E208 #F8F532 #FAF86D #FCFBA8 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12
#FAF86D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.71
#FAF86D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF86D
18.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FAF86D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FAF86D1.001.1218.7118.71
#FFFFFF1.121.0021.0021.00
#00000018.7121.001.001.00
##00000018.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFEF5E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFF475
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFEADA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #faf86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.159 108.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa9b',
    500: '#faf86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #faf86d;
$custom-light: #fffa9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#faf86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9546,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FAF86D
secondary
#3638D5
accent
#03E600
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFFF5
border
#D7D7CF
text
#18170E
muted
#86857F

Preview Lab

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#FAF86D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva