#FAD45B#FAD45B

#FAD45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.144 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD45B
RGB	rgb(250, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 63.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, 0.15, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 63.02, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0042 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.144 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.8593, 68.1699, 19.6373)
Luminance	0.6817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD45B #5B81FA

analogous

#FA845B #FAD45B #D1FA5B

triadic

#FAD45B #5BFAD4 #D45BFA

tetradic

#FAD45B #5BFA84 #5B81FA #FA5BD1

square

#FAD45B #5BFA84 #5B81FA #FA5BD1

split-complementary

#FAD45B #5BD1FA #845BFA

monochromatic

#D4A306 #F8C420 #FAD45B #FCE496 #FEF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FAD45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#FAD45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD45B

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD45B	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)

#E9D14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.144 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe08e',
    500: '#fad45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad45b;
$custom-light: #ffe08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 94.083,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88025,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD45B

secondary

#2B52CF

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD45B

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

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