#FAFA57#FAFA57

#FAFA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.178 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA57
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.74, -18.92, 74.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.74, 77.12, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(95.68% -0.0589 0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(95.68% 0.178 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.3328, 89.3855, 22.2998)
Luminance	0.8938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA57 #5757FA

analogous

#FAA857 #FAFA57 #A8FA57

triadic

#FAFA57 #57FAFA #FA57FA

tetradic

#FAFA57 #57FAA8 #5757FA #FA57A8

square

#FAFA57 #57FAA8 #5757FA #FA57A8

split-complementary

#FAFA57 #57A8FA #A857FA

monochromatic

#D0D006 #F8F81C #FAFA57 #FCFC92 #FEFECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.88

#FAFA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA57

18.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA57	1.00	1.11	18.88	18.88
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.178 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb8f',
    500: '#fafa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa57;
$custom-light: #fffb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95677,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA57

secondary

#2A2ACB

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA57

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

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