#FAF960#FAF960

#FAF960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.889; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.171 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF960
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.55, -17.92, 71.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.55, 73.31, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(95.54% -0.0552 0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(95.54% 0.171 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.4137, 88.9220, 24.2552)
Luminance	0.8892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF960 #6061FA

analogous

#FAAC60 #FAF960 #AEFA60

triadic

#FAF960 #60FAF9 #F960FA

tetradic

#FAF960 #60FAAC #6061FA #FA60AE

square

#FAF960 #60FAAC #6061FA #FA60AE

split-complementary

#FAF960 #60AEFA #AC60FA

monochromatic

#D9D707 #F8F725 #FAF960 #FCFB9B #FEFDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.78

#FAF960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF960

18.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF960	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)

#FFEF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.171 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb94',
    500: '#faf960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf960;
$custom-light: #fffb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.61,
    "s": 93.902,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95544,
    "c": 0.17066,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF960

secondary

#2C2DD3

accent

#01E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF960

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

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