#FAFE99#FAFE99

#FAFE99 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.935; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.124 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFE99
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.43, -15.64, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.43, 50.28, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(97.24% -0.0433 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(97.24% 0.124 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.6170, 93.5090, 43.9330)
Luminance	0.9351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE99 #9D99FE

analogous

#FECF99 #FAFE99 #C8FE99

triadic

#FAFE99 #99FAFE #FE99FA

tetradic

#FAFE99 #99FECF #9D99FE #FE99C8

square

#FAFE99 #99FECF #9D99FE #FE99C8

split-complementary

#FAFE99 #99C8FE #CF99FE

monochromatic

#F4FD20 #F7FD5C #FAFE99 #FDFFD6 #FEFFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FAFE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.70

#FAFE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE99

19.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE99	1.00	1.07	19.70	19.70
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.124 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfeb8',
    500: '#fafe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe99;
$custom-light: #fdfeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.376,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9724,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.93508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE99

secondary

#605BE0

accent

#00E609

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE99

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

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