#FAFE9B#FAFE9B

#FAFE9B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.936; OKLCH L 97.3% C 0.122 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFE9B
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 155)
HSL	hsl(62, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 39%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.46, -15.43, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.46, 49.33, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(97.27% -0.0425 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(97.27% 0.122 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.7835, 93.5756, 44.8103)
Luminance	0.9357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE9B #9F9BFE

analogous

#FED09B #FAFE9B #C9FE9B

triadic

#FAFE9B #9BFAFE #FE9BFA

tetradic

#FAFE9B #9BFED0 #9F9BFE #FE9BC9

square

#FAFE9B #9BFED0 #9F9BFE #FE9BC9

split-complementary

#FAFE9B #9BC9FE #D09BFE

monochromatic

#F4FD22 #F7FD5E #FAFE9B #FDFFD8 #FDFFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FAFE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.71

#FAFE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE9B

19.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE9B	1.00	1.07	19.71	19.71
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.3% 0.122 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfeba',
    500: '#fafe9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe9b;
$custom-light: #fdfeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.424,
    "s": 98.02,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9727,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.93574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE9B

secondary

#625CE1

accent

#00E609

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE9B

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

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