#FAF87C#FAF87C

#FAF87C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.889; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF87C
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 124)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.55, -15.43, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.55, 61.07, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(95.62% -0.0453 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(95.62% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(76.6317, 88.9160, 32.1906)
Luminance	0.8891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF87C #7C7EFA

analogous

#FAB97C #FAF87C #BDFA7C

triadic

#FAF87C #7CFAF8 #F87CFA

tetradic

#FAF87C #7CFAB9 #7C7EFA #FA7CBD

square

#FAF87C #7CFAB9 #7C7EFA #FA7CBD

split-complementary

#FAF87C #7CBDFA #B97CFA

monochromatic

#F2EF09 #F8F541 #FAF87C #FCFBB7 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.78

#FAF87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF87C

18.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF87C	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)

#FFF070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefaa5',
    500: '#faf87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf87c;
$custom-light: #fefaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95624,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.88914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF87C

secondary

#4346D7

accent

#04E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF87C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →