#FAFE8A#FAFE8A

#FAFE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.930; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.139 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFE8A
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(62, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 45.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.25, -17.12, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.25, 57.29, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(97.03% -0.0487 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(97.03% 0.139 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(79.4550, 93.0442, 37.8136)
Luminance	0.9304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE8A #8E8AFE

analogous

#FEC88A #FAFE8A #C0FE8A

triadic

#FAFE8A #8AFAFE #FE8AFA

tetradic

#FAFE8A #8AFEC8 #8E8AFE #FE8AC0

square

#FAFE8A #8AFEC8 #8E8AFE #FE8AC0

split-complementary

#FAFE8A #8AC0FE #C88AFE

monochromatic

#F5FD11 #F7FD4D #FAFE8A #FDFFC7 #FEFFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FAFE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.61

#FAFE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE8A

19.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE8A	1.00	1.07	19.61	19.61
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.139 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefeae',
    500: '#fafe8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe8a;
$custom-light: #fefeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 98.305,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97029,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.93043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE8A

secondary

#534EDE

accent

#00E608

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE8A

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

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