#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
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.40, -16.58, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.40, 67.60, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(95.46% -0.0501 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(95.46% 0.159 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.7543, 88.5650, 27.5693)
Luminance	0.8856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##FAF86D	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)

#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

Preview with #FAF86D

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

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