#FAF96E#FAF96E

#FAF96E 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	#FAF96E
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.67, -17.00, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.67, 67.58, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(95.68% -0.0511 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(95.68% 0.16 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.1166, 89.2032, 27.9572)
Luminance	0.8920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF96E #6E6FFA

analogous

#FAB36E #FAF96E #B5FA6E

triadic

#FAF96E #6EFAF9 #F96EFA

tetradic

#FAF96E #6EFAB3 #6E6FFA #FA6EB5

square

#FAF96E #6EFAB3 #6E6FFA #FA6EB5

split-complementary

#FAF96E #6EB5FA #B36EFA

monochromatic

#E6E408 #F8F733 #FAF96E #FCFBA9 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.84

#FAF96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF96E

18.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF96E	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)

#FFF05F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.160 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9c',
    500: '#faf96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf96e;
$custom-light: #fffb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95675,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF96E

secondary

#3738D5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF96E

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

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