#FAF97B#FAF97B

#FAF97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.895; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.148 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF97B
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 123)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 50.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.79, -16.00, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.79, 61.93, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(95.82% -0.047 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(95.82% 0.148 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.8771, 89.5074, 31.9620)
Luminance	0.8951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF97B #7B7CFA

analogous

#FABA7B #FAF97B #BBFA7B

triadic

#FAF97B #7BFAF9 #F97BFA

tetradic

#FAF97B #7BFABA #7B7CFA #FA7BBB

square

#FAF97B #7BFABA #7B7CFA #FA7BBB

split-complementary

#FAF97B #7BBBFA #BA7BFA

monochromatic

#F1F009 #F8F640 #FAF97B #FCFCB6 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.90

#FAF97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF97B

18.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF97B	1.00	1.11	18.90	18.90
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.148 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba4',
    500: '#faf97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf97b;
$custom-light: #fefba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 92.701,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95817,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.89505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF97B

secondary

#4244D7

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF97B

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

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