#FAF86E#FAF86E

#FAF86E 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 18.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF86E
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.41, -16.51, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.41, 67.18, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(95.47% -0.0498 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(95.47% 0.159 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.8084, 88.5867, 27.8544)
Luminance	0.8859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF86E #6E70FA

analogous

#FAB26E #FAF86E #B6FA6E

triadic

#FAF86E #6EFAF8 #F86EFA

tetradic

#FAF86E #6EFAB2 #6E70FA #FA6EB6

square

#FAF86E #6EFAB2 #6E70FA #FA6EB6

split-complementary

#FAF86E #6EB6FA #B26EFA

monochromatic

#E6E308 #F8F533 #FAF86E #FCFBA9 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.72

#FAF86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF86E

18.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF86E	1.00	1.12	18.72	18.72
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.159 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa9c',
    500: '#faf86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf86e;
$custom-light: #fffa9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9547,
    "c": 0.15861,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF86E

secondary

#3739D5

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF86E

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

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