#FAF96A#FAF96A

#FAF96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.891; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.163 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF96A
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.63, -17.28, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.63, 69.26, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(95.64% -0.0524 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(95.64% 0.163 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.9038, 89.1180, 26.8360)
Luminance	0.8912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF96A #6A6BFA

analogous

#FAB16A #FAF96A #B3FA6A

triadic

#FAF96A #6AFAF9 #F96AFA

tetradic

#FAF96A #6AFAB1 #6A6BFA #FA6AB3

square

#FAF96A #6AFAB1 #6A6BFA #FA6AB3

split-complementary

#FAF96A #6AB3FA #B16AFA

monochromatic

#E2E008 #F8F72F #FAF96A #FCFBA5 #FEFEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.82

#FAF96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF96A

18.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF96A	1.00	1.12	18.82	18.82
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.163 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9a',
    500: '#faf96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf96a;
$custom-light: #fffb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.583,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95635,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF96A

secondary

#3435D5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF96A

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

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