#FAFA79#FAFA79

#FAFA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.901; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.151 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA79
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.03, -16.65, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.03, 63.23, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(96% -0.049 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(96% 0.151 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(77.0631, 90.0776, 31.4127)
Luminance	0.9008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA79 #7979FA

analogous

#FAB979 #FAFA79 #B9FA79

triadic

#FAFA79 #79FAFA #FA79FA

tetradic

#FAFA79 #79FAB9 #7979FA #FA79B9

square

#FAFA79 #79FAB9 #7979FA #FA79B9

split-complementary

#FAFA79 #79B9FA #B979FA

monochromatic

#F0F009 #F8F83E #FAFA79 #FCFCB4 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAFA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.02

#FAFA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA79

19.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA79	1.00	1.10	19.02	19.02
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEDDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.151 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefba3',
    500: '#fafa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa79;
$custom-light: #fefba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95999,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.90076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA79

secondary

#4141D7

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA79

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

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