#FAFE72#FAFE72

#FAFE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.924; OKLCH L 96.7% C 0.161 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFE72
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 99%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 55.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.99, -19.11, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.99, 67.92, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(96.75% -0.0567 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(96.75% 0.161 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.9054, 92.4243, 29.6521)
Luminance	0.9242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE72 #7672FE

analogous

#FEBC72 #FAFE72 #B4FE72

triadic

#FAFE72 #72FAFE #FE72FA

tetradic

#FAFE72 #72FEBC #7672FE #FE72B4

square

#FAFE72 #72FEBC #7672FE #FE72B4

split-complementary

#FAFE72 #72B4FE #BC72FE

monochromatic

#EDF402 #F8FE35 #FAFE72 #FCFEAF #FEFFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#FAFE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.48

#FAFE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE72

19.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE72	1.00	1.08	19.48	19.48
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.7% 0.161 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fffe9f',
    500: '#fafe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe72;
$custom-light: #fffe9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 98.592,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96746,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.92423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE72

secondary

#3E39DB

accent

#00E607

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE72

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

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