#FAF98E#FAF98E

#FAF98E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.900; OKLCH L 96.1% C 0.130 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAF98E
RGB	rgb(250, 249, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.01, -14.31, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.01, 53.23, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(96.06% -0.0404 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(96.06% 0.13 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.1839, 90.0301, 38.8449)
Luminance	0.9003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAF98E #8E8FFA

analogous

#FAC38E #FAF98E #C5FA8E

triadic

#FAF98E #8EFAF9 #F98EFA

tetradic

#FAF98E #8EFAC3 #8E8FFA #FA8EC5

square

#FAF98E #8EFAC3 #8E8FFA #FA8EC5

split-complementary

#FAF98E #8EC5FA #C38EFA

monochromatic

#F5F319 #F7F653 #FAF98E #FDFCC9 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAF98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.01

#FAF98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAF98E

19.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAF98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAF98E	1.00	1.10	19.01	19.01
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faf98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 249, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.1% 0.130 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbb1',
    500: '#faf98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faf98e;
$custom-light: #fefbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faf98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9606,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.90028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAF98E

secondary

#5354D9

accent

#02E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAF98E

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

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