#FAFE9C#FAFE9C

#FAFE9C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.936; OKLCH L 97.3% C 0.121 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAFE9C
RGB	rgb(250, 254, 156)
HSL	hsl(62, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(62, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 38.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.47, -15.33, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.47, 48.86, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(97.29% -0.0422 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(97.29% 0.121 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(80.8678, 93.6093, 45.2544)
Luminance	0.9361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAFE9C #A09CFE

analogous

#FED19C #FAFE9C #C9FE9C

triadic

#FAFE9C #9CFAFE #FE9CFA

tetradic

#FAFE9C #9CFED1 #A09CFE #FE9CC9

square

#FAFE9C #9CFED1 #A09CFE #FE9CC9

split-complementary

#FAFE9C #9CC9FE #D19CFE

monochromatic

#F4FD23 #F7FD5F #FAFE9C #FDFFD9 #FDFFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FAFE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.72

#FAFE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAFE9C

19.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAFE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAFE9C	1.00	1.06	19.72	19.72
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fafe9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 254, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.3% 0.121 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfeba',
    500: '#fafe9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fafe9c;
$custom-light: #fdfeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fafe9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 98,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97285,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.93608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAFE9C

secondary

#635DE1

accent

#00E609

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAFE9C

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

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