#FAF86F#FAF86F

#FAF86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.886; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.158 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF86F
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.42, -16.44, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.42, 66.75, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(95.48% -0.0495 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(95.48% 0.158 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.8631, 88.6086, 28.1428)
Luminance	0.8861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF86F #6F71FA

analogous

#FAB26F #FAF86F #B6FA6F

triadic

#FAF86F #6FFAF8 #F86FFA

tetradic

#FAF86F #6FFAB2 #6F71FA #FA6FB6

square

#FAF86F #6FFAB2 #6F71FA #FA6FB6

split-complementary

#FAF86F #6FB6FA #B26FFA

monochromatic

#E7E308 #F8F534 #FAF86F #FCFBAA #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.72

#FAF86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF86F

18.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF86F	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)

#FFEF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.158 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa9d',
    500: '#faf86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf86f;
$custom-light: #fffa9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9548,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF86F

secondary

#383AD5

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF86F

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

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