#FAF96D#FAF96D

#FAF96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.160 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF96D
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 109)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 56.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.66, -17.07, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.66, 68.00, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(95.67% -0.0515 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(95.67% 0.16 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.0625, 89.1815, 27.6720)
Luminance	0.8918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF96D #6D6EFA

analogous

#FAB26D #FAF96D #B5FA6D

triadic

#FAF96D #6DFAF9 #F96DFA

tetradic

#FAF96D #6DFAB2 #6D6EFA #FA6DB5

square

#FAF96D #6DFAB2 #6D6EFA #FA6DB5

split-complementary

#FAF96D #6DB5FA #B26DFA

monochromatic

#E5E308 #F8F732 #FAF96D #FCFBA8 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.84

#FAF96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF96D

18.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF96D	1.00	1.11	18.84	18.84
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.160 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9b',
    500: '#faf96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf96d;
$custom-light: #fffb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 93.377,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95665,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF96D

secondary

#3637D5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF96D

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

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