#FAF89E#FAF89E

#FAF89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.112 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF89E
RGB	rgb(250, 248, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 36.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.97, -12.18, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.97, 45.16, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(96.1% -0.033 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(96.1% 0.112 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(79.1643, 89.9290, 45.5289)
Luminance	0.8993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF89E #9EA0FA

analogous

#FACA9E #FAF89E #CEFA9E

triadic

#FAF89E #9EFAF8 #F89EFA

tetradic

#FAF89E #9EFACA #9EA0FA #FA9ECE

square

#FAF89E #9EFACA #9EA0FA #FA9ECE

split-complementary

#FAF89E #9ECEFA #CA9EFA

monochromatic

#F4F02A #F7F464 #FAF89E #FDFCD8 #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.99

#FAF89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF89E

18.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF89E	1.00	1.11	18.99	18.99
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 248, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.112 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfabb',
    500: '#faf89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf89e;
$custom-light: #fdfabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 90.196,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96097,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.89927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF89E

secondary

#6164DB

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF89E

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

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