#FAF973#FAF973

#FAF973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.893; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.155 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF973
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.71, -16.63, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.71, 65.44, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(95.73% -0.0496 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(95.73% 0.155 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.3966, 89.3152, 29.4315)
Luminance	0.8931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF973 #7374FA

analogous

#FAB673 #FAF973 #B7FA73

triadic

#FAF973 #73FAF9 #F973FA

tetradic

#FAF973 #73FAB6 #7374FA #FA73B7

square

#FAF973 #73FAB6 #7374FA #FA73B7

split-complementary

#FAF973 #73B7FA #B673FA

monochromatic

#EAE908 #F8F638 #FAF973 #FCFCAE #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.86

#FAF973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF973

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF973	1.00	1.11	18.86	18.86
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.155 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefb9f',
    500: '#faf973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf973;
$custom-light: #fefb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95727,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.89313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF973

secondary

#3B3DD6

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF973

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

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