#FAF975#FAF975

#FAF975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF975
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 117)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.73, -16.48, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.73, 64.57, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(95.75% -0.049 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(95.75% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.5129, 89.3617, 30.0442)
Luminance	0.8936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF975 #7576FA

analogous

#FAB775 #FAF975 #B9FA75

triadic

#FAF975 #75FAF9 #F975FA

tetradic

#FAF975 #75FAB7 #7576FA #FA75B9

square

#FAF975 #75FAB7 #7576FA #FA75B9

split-complementary

#FAF975 #75B9FA #B775FA

monochromatic

#ECEA09 #F8F63A #FAF975 #FCFCB0 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.87

#FAF975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF975

18.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF975	1.00	1.11	18.87	18.87
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.154 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba0',
    500: '#faf975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf975;
$custom-light: #fefba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95749,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.8936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF975

secondary

#3D3ED6

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF975

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

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