#FAD181#FAD181

#FAD181 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.109 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD181
RGB	rgb(250, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(40, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, 4.56, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 45.10, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% 0.013 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.109 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.1897, 67.5133, 30.3096)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD181 #81AAFA

analogous

#FA9581 #FAD181 #E7FA81

triadic

#FAD181 #81FAD1 #D181FA

tetradic

#FAD181 #81FA95 #81AAFA #FA81E7

square

#FAD181 #81FA95 #81AAFA #FA81E7

split-complementary

#FAD181 #81E7FA #9581FA

monochromatic

#F5A60B #F8BC46 #FAD181 #FCE6BC #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FAD181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#FAD181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD181

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD181	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D07B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.109 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fedea7',
    500: '#fad181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad181;
$custom-light: #fedea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.879,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD181

secondary

#4878D8

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD181

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

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