#FAF95E#FAF95E

#FAF95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.889; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.172 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF95E
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.53, -18.04, 71.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.53, 74.09, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(95.53% -0.0558 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(95.53% 0.172 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.3228, 88.8857, 23.7764)
Luminance	0.8888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF95E #5E5FFA

analogous

#FAAB5E #FAF95E #ADFA5E

triadic

#FAF95E #5EFAF9 #F95EFA

tetradic

#FAF95E #5EFAAB #5E5FFA #FA5EAD

square

#FAF95E #5EFAAB #5E5FFA #FA5EAD

split-complementary

#FAF95E #5EADFA #AB5EFA

monochromatic

#D7D607 #F8F723 #FAF95E #FCFB99 #FEFDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.78

#FAF95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF95E

18.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF95E	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)

#FFEF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.172 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb92',
    500: '#faf95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf95e;
$custom-light: #fffb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.615,
    "s": 93.976,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95527,
    "c": 0.17213,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.88884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF95E

secondary

#2B2CD1

accent

#01E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF95E

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

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