#FAF87B#FAF87B

#FAF87B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.889; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.147 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF87B
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.53, -15.52, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.53, 61.51, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(95.61% -0.0456 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(95.61% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.5688, 88.8908, 31.8593)
Luminance	0.8889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF87B #7B7DFA

analogous

#FAB87B #FAF87B #BCFA7B

triadic

#FAF87B #7BFAF8 #F87BFA

tetradic

#FAF87B #7BFAB8 #7B7DFA #FA7BBC

square

#FAF87B #7BFAB8 #7B7DFA #FA7BBC

split-complementary

#FAF87B #7BBCFA #B87BFA

monochromatic

#F1EE09 #F8F540 #FAF87B #FCFBB6 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.78

#FAF87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF87B

18.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF87B	1.00	1.12	18.78	18.78
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.147 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefaa4',
    500: '#faf87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf87b;
$custom-light: #fefaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95612,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF87B

secondary

#4245D7

accent

#04E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF87B

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

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