#FAFE8B#FAFE8B

#FAFE8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.931; OKLCH L 97.0% C 0.138 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFE8B
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 139)
HSL	hsl(62, 98%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 45.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.26, -17.02, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.26, 56.83, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(97.04% -0.0484 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(97.04% 0.138 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(79.5278, 93.0733, 38.1966)
Luminance	0.9307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE8B #8F8BFE

analogous

#FEC98B #FAFE8B #C1FE8B

triadic

#FAFE8B #8BFAFE #FE8BFA

tetradic

#FAFE8B #8BFEC9 #8F8BFE #FE8BC1

square

#FAFE8B #8BFEC9 #8F8BFE #FE8BC1

split-complementary

#FAFE8B #8BC1FE #C98BFE

monochromatic

#F5FD12 #F7FD4E #FAFE8B #FDFFC8 #FEFFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FAFE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.61

#FAFE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE8B

19.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE8B	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)

#FFF581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.0% 0.138 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefeaf',
    500: '#fafe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe8b;
$custom-light: #fefeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 98.291,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97042,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.93072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE8B

secondary

#544FDE

accent

#00E608

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE8B

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

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