#FAD261#FAD261

#FAD261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.138 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD261
RGB	rgb(250, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, 1.55, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 59.92, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% 0.0006 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.138 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.6317, 67.2838, 20.8897)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD261 #6189FA

analogous

#FA8561 #FAD261 #D5FA61

triadic

#FAD261 #61FAD2 #D261FA

tetradic

#FAD261 #61FA85 #6189FA #FA61D5

square

#FAD261 #61FA85 #6189FA #FA61D5

split-complementary

#FAD261 #61D5FA #8561FA

monochromatic

#DAA307 #F8C126 #FAD261 #FCE39C #FEF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FAD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#FAD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD261

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD261	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)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.138 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#fad261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.314,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87692,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD261

secondary

#2C58D3

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD261

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

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