Banana Yellow#FAFE4B

#FAFE4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.917; OKLCH L 96.4% C 0.189 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Banana Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FAFE4B
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 99%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.70, -21.43, 79.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.70, 82.80, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(96.42% -0.0671 0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(96.42% 0.189 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.1387, 91.7177, 20.3478)
Luminance	0.9172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE4B #4F4BFE

analogous

#FEA94B #FAFE4B #A0FE4B

triadic

#FAFE4B #4BFAFE #FE4BFA

tetradic

#FAFE4B #4BFEA9 #4F4BFE #FE4BA0

square

#FAFE4B #4BFEA9 #4F4BFE #FE4BA0

split-complementary

#FAFE4B #4BA0FE #A94BFE

monochromatic

#C9CD01 #F8FE0E #FAFE4B #FCFE88 #FDFFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.09

#FAFE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.34

#FAFE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE4B

19.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE4B	1.00	1.09	19.34	19.34
#FFFFFF	1.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F5F5F5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.4% 0.189 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffe89',
    500: '#fafe4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe4b;
$custom-light: #fffe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.341,
    "s": 98.895,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96423,
    "c": 0.18928,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.91716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE4B

secondary

#2824C9

accent

#00E605

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#19170C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE4B

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

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