#FAD361#FAD361

#FAD361 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD361
RGB	rgb(250, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, 1.04, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 60.19, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0009 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.138 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8794, 67.7791, 20.9723)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD361 #6188FA

analogous

#FA8661 #FAD361 #D4FA61

triadic

#FAD361 #61FAD3 #D361FA

tetradic

#FAD361 #61FA86 #6188FA #FA61D4

square

#FAD361 #61FA86 #6188FA #FA61D4

split-complementary

#FAD361 #61D4FA #8661FA

monochromatic

#DAA407 #F8C226 #FAD361 #FCE49C #FEF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FAD361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#FAD361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD361

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD361	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe092',
    500: '#fad361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad361;
$custom-light: #ffe092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87888,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD361

secondary

#2C57D3

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD361

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

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