#FAF96C#FAF96C

#FAF96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.161 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF96C
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 108)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 56.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.65, -17.14, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.65, 68.42, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(95.66% -0.0518 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(95.66% 0.161 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.0090, 89.1601, 27.3901)
Luminance	0.8916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF96C #6C6DFA

analogous

#FAB26C #FAF96C #B4FA6C

triadic

#FAF96C #6CFAF9 #F96CFA

tetradic

#FAF96C #6CFAB2 #6C6DFA #FA6CB4

square

#FAF96C #6CFAB2 #6C6DFA #FA6CB4

split-complementary

#FAF96C #6CB4FA #B26CFA

monochromatic

#E4E208 #F8F731 #FAF96C #FCFBA7 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#FAF96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.83

#FAF96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF96C

18.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF96C	1.00	1.12	18.83	18.83
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.161 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9b',
    500: '#faf96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf96c;
$custom-light: #fffb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 93.421,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95655,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF96C

secondary

#3537D5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF96C

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

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