#FAD175#FAD175

#FAD175 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.120 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD175
RGB	rgb(250, 209, 117)
HSL	hsl(42, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, 3.52, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 50.68, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% 0.0087 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.12 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.4384, 67.2128, 26.3527)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD175 #759EFA

analogous

#FA8F75 #FAD175 #E0FA75

triadic

#FAD175 #75FAD1 #D175FA

tetradic

#FAD175 #75FA8F #759EFA #FA75E0

square

#FAD175 #75FA8F #759EFA #FA75E0

split-complementary

#FAD175 #75E0FA #8F75FA

monochromatic

#ECA609 #F8BD3A #FAD175 #FCE5B0 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FAD175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#FAD175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD175

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD175	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 209, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.120 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9f',
    500: '#fad175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad175;
$custom-light: #ffde9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87732,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD175

secondary

#3D6CD6

accent

#47E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD175

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

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