#FAD259#FAD259

#FAD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.144 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD259
RGB	rgb(250, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, 1.05, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 63.33, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0018 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.144 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2773, 67.1421, 19.0234)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD259 #5981FA

analogous

#FA8259 #FAD259 #D2FA59

triadic

#FAD259 #59FAD2 #D259FA

tetradic

#FAD259 #59FA82 #5981FA #FA59D2

square

#FAD259 #59FA82 #5981FA #FA59D2

split-complementary

#FAD259 #59D2FA #8259FA

monochromatic

#D2A006 #F8C21E #FAD259 #FCE294 #FEF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#FAD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#FAD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD259

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD259	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.144 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf8d',
    500: '#fad259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad259;
$custom-light: #ffdf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87613,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD259

secondary

#2A53CD

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD259

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

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