#FAF96F#FAF96F

#FAF96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF96F
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 111)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 55.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.67, -16.92, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.67, 67.16, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(95.69% -0.0508 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(95.69% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.1714, 89.2251, 28.2455)
Luminance	0.8922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF96F #6F70FA

analogous

#FAB36F #FAF96F #B6FA6F

triadic

#FAF96F #6FFAF9 #F96FFA

tetradic

#FAF96F #6FFAB3 #6F70FA #FA6FB6

square

#FAF96F #6FFAB3 #6F70FA #FA6FB6

split-complementary

#FAF96F #6FB6FA #B36FFA

monochromatic

#E7E508 #F8F734 #FAF96F #FCFBAA #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.84

#FAF96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF96F

18.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF96F	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)

#FFF060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9d',
    500: '#faf96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf96f;
$custom-light: #fffb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 93.289,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95685,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF96F

secondary

#3839D5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF96F

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

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