#FAD166#FAD166

#FAD166 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.133 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD166
RGB	rgb(250, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 59.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, 2.40, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 57.47, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% 0.0036 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.133 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.6261, 66.8878, 22.0744)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD166 #668FFA

analogous

#FA8766 #FAD166 #D9FA66

triadic

#FAD166 #66FAD1 #D166FA

tetradic

#FAD166 #66FA87 #668FFA #FA66D9

square

#FAD166 #66FA87 #668FFA #FA66D9

split-complementary

#FAD166 #66D9FA #8766FA

monochromatic

#DEA307 #F8BF2B #FAD166 #FCE3A1 #FEF5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FAD166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#FAD166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD166

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD166	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.133 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde95',
    500: '#fad166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad166;
$custom-light: #ffde95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 93.671,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8755,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD166

secondary

#305ED4

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD166

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

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