#FAD355#FAD355

#FAD355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.148 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD355
RGB	rgb(250, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 66%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, 0.31, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 65.24, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0044 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.148 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3616, 67.5720, 18.2452)
Luminance	0.6757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD355 #557CFA

analogous

#FA8055 #FAD355 #CFFA55

triadic

#FAD355 #55FAD3 #D355FA

tetradic

#FAD355 #55FA80 #557CFA #FA55CF

square

#FAD355 #55FA80 #557CFA #FA55CF

split-complementary

#FAD355 #55CFFA #8055FA

monochromatic

#CF9F06 #F8C41A #FAD355 #FCE290 #FDF2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FAD355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#FAD355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD355

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD355	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.148 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe08a',
    500: '#fad355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad355;
$custom-light: #ffe08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87773,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD355

secondary

#294FCA

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD355

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

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