#FAF870#FAF870

#FAF870 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.886; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.157 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF870
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.43, -16.37, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.43, 66.33, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(95.49% -0.0492 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(95.49% 0.157 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.9185, 88.6307, 28.4344)
Luminance	0.8863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF870 #7072FA

analogous

#FAB370 #FAF870 #B7FA70

triadic

#FAF870 #70FAF8 #F870FA

tetradic

#FAF870 #70FAB3 #7072FA #FA70B7

square

#FAF870 #70FAB3 #7072FA #FA70B7

split-complementary

#FAF870 #70B7FA #B370FA

monochromatic

#E8E408 #F8F535 #FAF870 #FCFBAB #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.73

#FAF870 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF870

18.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF870	1.00	1.12	18.73	18.73
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.157 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffa9d',
    500: '#faf870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf870;
$custom-light: #fffa9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9549,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF870

secondary

#393BD5

accent

#03E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF870

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

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