#FAF89B#FAF89B

#FAF89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.898; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.115 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF89B
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 155)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 38%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.92, -12.51, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.92, 46.61, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(96.05% -0.0342 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(96.05% 0.115 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.9092, 89.8270, 44.1855)
Luminance	0.8982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF89B #9B9DFA

analogous

#FAC99B #FAF89B #CDFA9B

triadic

#FAF89B #9BFAF8 #F89BFA

tetradic

#FAF89B #9BFAC9 #9B9DFA #FA9BCD

square

#FAF89B #9BFAC9 #9B9DFA #FA9BCD

split-complementary

#FAF89B #9BCDFA #C99BFA

monochromatic

#F4F026 #F7F461 #FAF89B #FDFCD5 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.97

#FAF89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF89B

18.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF89B	1.00	1.11	18.97	18.97
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.115 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfab9',
    500: '#faf89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf89b;
$custom-light: #fdfab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96049,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF89B

secondary

#5E61DB

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF89B

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

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