#FAD359#FAD359

#FAD359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.145 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD359
RGB	rgb(250, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, 0.54, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 63.59, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0033 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.145 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5250, 67.6374, 19.1059)
Luminance	0.6763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD359 #5980FA

analogous

#FA8359 #FAD359 #D1FA59

triadic

#FAD359 #59FAD3 #D359FA

tetradic

#FAD359 #59FA83 #5980FA #FA59D1

square

#FAD359 #59FA83 #5980FA #FA59D1

split-complementary

#FAD359 #59D1FA #8359FA

monochromatic

#D2A106 #F8C31E #FAD359 #FCE394 #FEF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FAD359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#FAD359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD359

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD359	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.145 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe08d',
    500: '#fad359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad359;
$custom-light: #ffe08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8781,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD359

secondary

#2A52CD

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD359

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

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