#FAFA72#FAFA72

#FAFA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.157 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA72
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.96, -17.19, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.96, 66.28, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(95.92% -0.0513 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(95.92% 0.157 109)
XYZ	xyz(76.6493, 89.9121, 29.2334)
Luminance	0.8991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA72 #7272FA

analogous

#FAB672 #FAFA72 #B6FA72

triadic

#FAFA72 #72FAFA #FA72FA

tetradic

#FAFA72 #72FAB6 #7272FA #FA72B6

square

#FAFA72 #72FAB6 #7272FA #FA72B6

split-complementary

#FAFA72 #72B6FA #B672FA

monochromatic

#E9E908 #F8F837 #FAFA72 #FCFCAD #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.98

#FAFA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA72

18.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA72	1.00	1.11	18.98	18.98
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.157 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffb9f',
    500: '#fafa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa72;
$custom-light: #fffb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95922,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.8991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA72

secondary

#3B3BD6

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA72

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

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