#FAFA59#FAFA59

#FAFA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.894; OKLCH L 95.7% C 0.177 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA59
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.76, -18.81, 74.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.76, 76.38, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(95.69% -0.0584 0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(95.69% 0.177 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.4156, 89.4186, 22.7361)
Luminance	0.8942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA59 #5959FA

analogous

#FAAA59 #FAFA59 #AAFA59

triadic

#FAFA59 #59FAFA #FA59FA

tetradic

#FAFA59 #59FAAA #5959FA #FA59AA

square

#FAFA59 #59FAAA #5959FA #FA59AA

split-complementary

#FAFA59 #59AAFA #AA59FA

monochromatic

#D2D206 #F8F81E #FAFA59 #FCFC94 #FEFED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.88

#FAFA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA59

18.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA59	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)

#FFF043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.7% 0.177 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb90',
    500: '#fafa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa59;
$custom-light: #fffb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95693,
    "c": 0.17662,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA59

secondary

#2A2ACD

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA59

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

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