Goldenrod (survey)#FAC205

#FAC205 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.171 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Goldenrod (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FAC205
RGB	rgb(250, 194, 5)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 98%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 98%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 6.74, 82.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 82.73, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% 0.0078 0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.171 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7476, 58.9229, 8.4227)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAC205 #053DFA

analogous

#FA4805 #FAC205 #B7FA05

triadic

#FAC205 #05FAC2 #C205FA

tetradic

#FAC205 #05FA48 #053DFA #FA05B7

square

#FAC205 #05FA48 #053DFA #FA05B7

split-complementary

#FAC205 #05B7FA #4805FA

monochromatic

#826503 #BE9304 #FAC205 #FBD141 #FCDF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#FAC205 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#FAC205 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAC205

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAC205	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAC205	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D01E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fac205;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 194, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.171 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd469',
    500: '#fac205',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fac205;
$custom-light: #ffd469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fac205",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 96.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84086,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAC205

secondary

#1B3488

accent

#5AFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191408

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAC205

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

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