#FAF987#FAF987

#FAF987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.898; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF987
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 46%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.92, -14.97, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.92, 56.49, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(95.97% -0.0429 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(95.97% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.6748, 89.8265, 36.1635)
Luminance	0.8982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF987 #8788FA

analogous

#FABF87 #FAF987 #C2FA87

triadic

#FAF987 #87FAF9 #F987FA

tetradic

#FAF987 #87FABF #8788FA #FA87C2

square

#FAF987 #87FABF #8788FA #FA87C2

split-complementary

#FAF987 #87C2FA #BF87FA

monochromatic

#F5F311 #F8F64C #FAF987 #FCFCC2 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAF987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.97

#FAF987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF987

18.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF987	1.00	1.11	18.97	18.97
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbac',
    500: '#faf987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf987;
$custom-light: #fefbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95966,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF987

secondary

#4D4ED8

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF987

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

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