#FAF97C#FAF97C

#FAF97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.895; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.147 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF97C
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 124)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 50.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.80, -15.92, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.80, 61.48, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(95.83% -0.0467 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(95.83% 0.147 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.9400, 89.5325, 32.2934)
Luminance	0.8953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF97C #7C7DFA

analogous

#FABA7C #FAF97C #BCFA7C

triadic

#FAF97C #7CFAF9 #F97CFA

tetradic

#FAF97C #7CFABA #7C7DFA #FA7CBC

square

#FAF97C #7CFABA #7C7DFA #FA7CBC

split-complementary

#FAF97C #7CBCFA #BA7CFA

monochromatic

#F2F009 #F8F641 #FAF97C #FCFCB7 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.91

#FAF97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF97C

18.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF97C	1.00	1.11	18.91	18.91
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.147 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba5',
    500: '#faf97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf97c;
$custom-light: #fefba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 92.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95829,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.89531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF97C

secondary

#4344D7

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF97C

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

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