#FAF89D#FAF89D

#FAF89D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.113 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF89D
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.95, -12.29, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.95, 45.65, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(96.08% -0.0334 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(96.08% 0.113 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(79.0786, 89.8948, 45.0774)
Luminance	0.8989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF89D #9D9FFA

analogous

#FACA9D #FAF89D #CDFA9D

triadic

#FAF89D #9DFAF8 #F89DFA

tetradic

#FAF89D #9DFACA #9D9FFA #FA9DCD

square

#FAF89D #9DFACA #9D9FFA #FA9DCD

split-complementary

#FAF89D #9DCDFA #CA9DFA

monochromatic

#F4F029 #F7F463 #FAF89D #FDFCD7 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.98

#FAF89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF89D

18.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF89D	1.00	1.11	18.98	18.98
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.113 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfabb',
    500: '#faf89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf89d;
$custom-light: #fdfabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96081,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF89D

secondary

#6063DB

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF89D

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

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