#FAF978#FAF978

#FAF978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF978
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.76, -16.24, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.76, 63.26, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(95.78% -0.048 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(95.78% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.6921, 89.4334, 30.9881)
Luminance	0.8943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF978 #7879FA

analogous

#FAB878 #FAF978 #BAFA78

triadic

#FAF978 #78FAF9 #F978FA

tetradic

#FAF978 #78FAB8 #7879FA #FA78BA

square

#FAF978 #78FAB8 #7879FA #FA78BA

split-complementary

#FAF978 #78BAFA #B878FA

monochromatic

#EFED09 #F8F63D #FAF978 #FCFCB3 #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.89

#FAF978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF978

18.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF978	1.00	1.11	18.89	18.89
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba2',
    500: '#faf978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf978;
$custom-light: #fefba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95783,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.89431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF978

secondary

#4041D6

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF978

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

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