#FAD257#FAD257

#FAD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.146 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD257
RGB	rgb(250, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, 0.93, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 64.16, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0024 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.146 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1945, 67.1090, 18.5871)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD257 #577FFA

analogous

#FA8057 #FAD257 #D0FA57

triadic

#FAD257 #57FAD2 #D257FA

tetradic

#FAD257 #57FA80 #577FFA #FA57D0

square

#FAD257 #57FA80 #577FFA #FA57D0

split-complementary

#FAD257 #57D0FA #8057FA

monochromatic

#D09F06 #F8C21C #FAD257 #FCE292 #FEF2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FAD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#FAD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD257

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD257	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.146 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf8c',
    500: '#fad257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad257;
$custom-light: #ffdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87594,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD257

secondary

#2A51CB

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD257

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

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