#FAD459#FAD459

#FAD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.145 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD459
RGB	rgb(250, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, 0.03, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 63.86, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0048 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.145 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7742, 68.1358, 19.1890)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD459 #597FFA

analogous

#FA8459 #FAD459 #CFFA59

triadic

#FAD459 #59FAD4 #D459FA

tetradic

#FAD459 #59FA84 #597FFA #FA59CF

square

#FAD459 #59FA84 #597FFA #FA59CF

split-complementary

#FAD459 #59CFFA #8459FA

monochromatic

#D2A206 #F8C51E #FAD459 #FCE394 #FEF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FAD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#FAD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD459

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD459	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.145 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe08d',
    500: '#fad459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad459;
$custom-light: #ffe08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.839,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88006,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD459

secondary

#2A51CD

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD459

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

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