#FAFA61#FAFA61

#FAFA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.896; OKLCH L 95.8% C 0.171 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA61
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.81, -18.34, 70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.81, 73.30, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(95.76% -0.0563 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(95.76% 0.171 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.7700, 89.5604, 24.6025)
Luminance	0.8956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA61 #6161FA

analogous

#FAAD61 #FAFA61 #ADFA61

triadic

#FAFA61 #61FAFA #FA61FA

tetradic

#FAFA61 #61FAAD #6161FA #FA61AD

square

#FAFA61 #61FAAD #6161FA #FA61AD

split-complementary

#FAFA61 #61ADFA #AD61FA

monochromatic

#DADA07 #F8F826 #FAFA61 #FCFC9C #FEFED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.91

#FAFA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA61

18.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA61	1.00	1.11	18.91	18.91
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.8% 0.171 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb94',
    500: '#fafa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa61;
$custom-light: #fffb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95759,
    "c": 0.17091,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.89558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA61

secondary

#2C2CD3

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA61

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

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