#FAD157#FAD157

#FAD157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.145 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD157
RGB	rgb(250, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, 1.45, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 63.91, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0009 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.145 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.9484, 66.6167, 18.5050)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD157 #5780FA

analogous

#FA7F57 #FAD157 #D1FA57

triadic

#FAD157 #57FAD1 #D157FA

tetradic

#FAD157 #57FA7F #5780FA #FA57D1

square

#FAD157 #57FA7F #5780FA #FA57D1

split-complementary

#FAD157 #57D1FA #7F57FA

monochromatic

#D09E06 #F8C11C #FAD157 #FCE192 #FEF2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#FAD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#FAD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD157

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD157	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.145 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8c',
    500: '#fad157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad157;
$custom-light: #ffde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.908,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87398,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD157

secondary

#2A52CB

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD157

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

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