#FAFA99#FAFA99

#FAFA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.910; OKLCH L 96.4% C 0.119 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFA99
RGB	rgb(250, 250, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.41, -13.70, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.41, 48.47, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(96.43% -0.0377 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(96.43% 0.119 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(79.3608, 90.9967, 43.5143)
Luminance	0.9100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFA99 #9999FA

analogous

#FACA99 #FAFA99 #CAFA99

triadic

#FAFA99 #99FAFA #FA99FA

tetradic

#FAFA99 #99FACA #9999FA #FA99CA

square

#FAFA99 #99FACA #9999FA #FA99CA

split-complementary

#FAFA99 #99CAFA #CA99FA

monochromatic

#F4F424 #F7F75F #FAFA99 #FDFDD3 #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FAFA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.20

#FAFA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFA99

19.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFA99	1.00	1.09	19.20	19.20
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 250, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.4% 0.119 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfbb8',
    500: '#fafa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafa99;
$custom-light: #fdfbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96425,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.90995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFA99

secondary

#5D5DDB

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFA99

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

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