#FAFA55#FAFA55

#FAFA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.179 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA55
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.73, -19.03, 75.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.73, 77.86, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(95.66% -0.0594 0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(95.66% 0.179 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.2522, 89.3533, 21.8754)
Luminance	0.8935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA55 #5555FA

analogous

#FAA755 #FAFA55 #A7FA55

triadic

#FAFA55 #55FAFA #FA55FA

tetradic

#FAFA55 #55FAA7 #5555FA #FA55A7

square

#FAFA55 #55FAA7 #5555FA #FA55A7

split-complementary

#FAFA55 #55A7FA #A755FA

monochromatic

#CFCF06 #F8F81A #FAFA55 #FCFC90 #FDFDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.87

#FAFA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA55

18.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA55	1.00	1.11	18.87	18.87
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.179 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb8d',
    500: '#fafa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa55;
$custom-light: #fffb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95662,
    "c": 0.1793,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.89351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA55

secondary

#2929CA

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA55

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

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