#FAD057#FAD057

#FAD057 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.144 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD057
RGB	rgb(250, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, 1.96, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 63.65, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% 0.0005 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.144 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.7038, 66.1276, 18.4235)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD057 #5781FA

analogous

#FA7E57 #FAD057 #D2FA57

triadic

#FAD057 #57FAD0 #D057FA

tetradic

#FAD057 #57FA7E #5781FA #FA57D2

square

#FAD057 #57FA7E #5781FA #FA57D2

split-complementary

#FAD057 #57D2FA #7E57FA

monochromatic

#D09C06 #F8BF1C #FAD057 #FCE192 #FEF1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#FAD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#FAD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD057

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD057	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.144 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8b',
    500: '#fad057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad057;
$custom-light: #ffde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.54,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87202,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD057

secondary

#2A53CB

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD057

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

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