#FAF970#FAF970

#FAF970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.892; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.158 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF970
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.68, -16.85, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.68, 66.73, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(95.7% -0.0505 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(95.7% 0.158 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(76.2268, 89.2472, 28.5371)
Luminance	0.8924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF970 #7071FA

analogous

#FAB470 #FAF970 #B6FA70

triadic

#FAF970 #70FAF9 #F970FA

tetradic

#FAF970 #70FAB4 #7071FA #FA70B6

square

#FAF970 #70FAB4 #7071FA #FA70B6

split-complementary

#FAF970 #70B6FA #B470FA

monochromatic

#E8E608 #F8F735 #FAF970 #FCFBAB #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.85

#FAF970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF970

18.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF970	1.00	1.11	18.85	18.85
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.158 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9d',
    500: '#faf970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf970;
$custom-light: #fffb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95696,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.89245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF970

secondary

#393AD5

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF970

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

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