#FAD178#FAD178

#FAD178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.117 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD178
RGB	rgb(250, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(41, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, 3.77, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 49.29, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% 0.0097 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.117 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.6177, 67.2844, 27.2966)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD178 #78A1FA

analogous

#FA9078 #FAD178 #E2FA78

triadic

#FAD178 #78FAD1 #D178FA

tetradic

#FAD178 #78FA90 #78A1FA #FA78E2

square

#FAD178 #78FA90 #78A1FA #FA78E2

split-complementary

#FAD178 #78E2FA #9078FA

monochromatic

#EFA609 #F8BD3D #FAD178 #FCE5B3 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FAD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#FAD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD178

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD178	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.117 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fedea1',
    500: '#fad178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad178;
$custom-light: #fedea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87773,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD178

secondary

#406FD6

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD178

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

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