#FAF976#FAF976

#FAF976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.153 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF976
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 118)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 52.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.74, -16.40, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.74, 64.14, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(95.76% -0.0486 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(95.76% 0.153 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.5720, 89.3854, 30.3555)
Luminance	0.8938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF976 #7677FA

analogous

#FAB776 #FAF976 #B9FA76

triadic

#FAF976 #76FAF9 #F976FA

tetradic

#FAF976 #76FAB7 #7677FA #FA76B9

square

#FAF976 #76FAB7 #7677FA #FA76B9

split-complementary

#FAF976 #76B9FA #B776FA

monochromatic

#EDEB09 #F8F63B #FAF976 #FCFCB1 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.88

#FAF976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF976

18.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF976	1.00	1.11	18.88	18.88
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.153 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba1',
    500: '#faf976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf976;
$custom-light: #fefba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 92.958,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9576,
    "c": 0.15274,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.89383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF976

secondary

#3E3FD6

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF976

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

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