#FAF89C#FAF89C

#FAF89C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.114 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF89C
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 156)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 37.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.94, -12.40, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.94, 46.13, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(96.07% -0.0338 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(96.07% 0.114 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.9936, 89.8607, 44.6297)
Luminance	0.8986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF89C #9C9EFA

analogous

#FAC99C #FAF89C #CDFA9C

triadic

#FAF89C #9CFAF8 #F89CFA

tetradic

#FAF89C #9CFAC9 #9C9EFA #FA9CCD

square

#FAF89C #9CFAC9 #9C9EFA #FA9CCD

split-complementary

#FAF89C #9CCDFA #C99CFA

monochromatic

#F4F027 #F7F462 #FAF89C #FDFCD6 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.97

#FAF89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF89C

18.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF89C	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)

#FFF195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.114 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfaba',
    500: '#faf89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf89c;
$custom-light: #fdfaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 90.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96065,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF89C

secondary

#5F62DB

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF89C

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

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