#FAF962#FAF962

#FAF962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.890; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.169 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF962
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.56, -17.80, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.56, 72.52, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(95.56% -0.0547 0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(95.56% 0.169 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.5070, 88.9593, 24.7463)
Luminance	0.8896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF962 #6263FA

analogous

#FAAD62 #FAF962 #AFFA62

triadic

#FAF962 #62FAF9 #F962FA

tetradic

#FAF962 #62FAAD #6263FA #FA62AF

square

#FAF962 #62FAAD #6263FA #FA62AF

split-complementary

#FAF962 #62AFFA #AD62FA

monochromatic

#DBD907 #F8F727 #FAF962 #FCFB9D #FEFED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.79

#FAF962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF962

18.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF962	1.00	1.12	18.79	18.79
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.169 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb95',
    500: '#faf962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf962;
$custom-light: #fffb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.605,
    "s": 93.827,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95561,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.88957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF962

secondary

#2D2ED3

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF962

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

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