#FAFA70#FAFA70

#FAFA70 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.159 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA70
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.94, -17.33, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.94, 67.13, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(95.9% -0.0519 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(95.9% 0.159 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.5367, 89.8671, 28.6404)
Luminance	0.8986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA70 #7070FA

analogous

#FAB570 #FAFA70 #B5FA70

triadic

#FAFA70 #70FAFA #FA70FA

tetradic

#FAFA70 #70FAB5 #7070FA #FA70B5

square

#FAFA70 #70FAB5 #7070FA #FA70B5

split-complementary

#FAFA70 #70B5FA #B570FA

monochromatic

#E8E808 #F8F835 #FAFA70 #FCFCAB #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.97

#FAFA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA70

18.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA70	1.00	1.11	18.97	18.97
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.159 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9d',
    500: '#fafa70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa70;
$custom-light: #fffb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95901,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.89865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA70

secondary

#3939D5

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA70

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

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