#FAD461#FAD461

#FAD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.139 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD461
RGB	rgb(250, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, 0.53, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 60.46, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0024 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.139 91)
XYZ	xyz(65.1286, 68.2776, 21.0554)
Luminance	0.6827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD461 #6187FA

analogous

#FA8761 #FAD461 #D3FA61

triadic

#FAD461 #61FAD4 #D461FA

tetradic

#FAD461 #61FA87 #6187FA #FA61D3

square

#FAD461 #61FA87 #6187FA #FA61D3

split-complementary

#FAD461 #61D3FA #8761FA

monochromatic

#DAA507 #F8C426 #FAD461 #FCE49C #FEF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FAD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#FAD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD461

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD461	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.139 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe092',
    500: '#fad461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad461;
$custom-light: #ffe092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88085,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.68274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD461

secondary

#2C55D3

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD461

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

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