#FAFA8A#FAFA8A

#FAFA8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.905; OKLCH L 96.2% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA8A
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.22, -15.18, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.22, 55.53, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(96.21% -0.0432 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(96.21% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(78.1989, 90.5319, 37.3949)
Luminance	0.9053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA8A #8A8AFA

analogous

#FAC28A #FAFA8A #C2FA8A

triadic

#FAFA8A #8AFAFA #FA8AFA

tetradic

#FAFA8A #8AFAC2 #8A8AFA #FA8AC2

square

#FAFA8A #8AFAC2 #8A8AFA #FA8AC2

split-complementary

#FAFA8A #8AC2FA #C28AFA

monochromatic

#F5F515 #F7F74F #FAFA8A #FDFDC5 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FAFA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.11

#FAFA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA8A

19.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA8A	1.00	1.10	19.11	19.11
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.2% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbae',
    500: '#fafa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa8a;
$custom-light: #fefbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 91.803,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9621,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.9053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA8A

secondary

#4F4FD9

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA8A

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

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