#FAFA74#FAFA74

#FAFA74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.900; OKLCH L 95.9% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA74
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.98, -17.04, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.98, 65.42, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(95.94% -0.0506 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(95.94% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(76.7643, 89.9581, 29.8395)
Luminance	0.8996 (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

#FAFA74 #7474FA

analogous

#FAB774 #FAFA74 #B7FA74

triadic

#FAFA74 #74FAFA #FA74FA

tetradic

#FAFA74 #74FAB7 #7474FA #FA74B7

square

#FAFA74 #74FAB7 #7474FA #FA74B7

split-complementary

#FAFA74 #74B7FA #B774FA

monochromatic

#EBEB08 #F8F839 #FAFA74 #FCFCAF #FEFEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#FAFA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.99

#FAFA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA74

18.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA74	1.00	1.11	18.99	18.99
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFECDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.9% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba0',
    500: '#fafa74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa74;
$custom-light: #fefba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95944,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.89956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA74

secondary

#3C3CD6

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA74

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

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