#FAD45D#FAD45D

#FAD45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.142 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD45D
RGB	rgb(250, 212, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, 0.27, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 62.18, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0036 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.142 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.9467, 68.2048, 20.0978)
Luminance	0.6820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD45D #5D83FA

analogous

#FA865D #FAD45D #D1FA5D

triadic

#FAD45D #5DFAD4 #D45DFA

tetradic

#FAD45D #5DFA86 #5D83FA #FA5DD1

square

#FAD45D #5DFA86 #5D83FA #FA5DD1

split-complementary

#FAD45D #5DD1FA #865DFA

monochromatic

#D6A407 #F8C422 #FAD45D #FCE498 #FEF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FAD45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#FAD45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD45D

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD45D	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 212, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.142 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe08f',
    500: '#fad45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad45d;
$custom-light: #ffe08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 94.012,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88045,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD45D

secondary

#2B53D0

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD45D

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

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