#FAD559#FAD559

#FAD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.146 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD559
RGB	rgb(250, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -0.48, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 64.13, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0062 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.146 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0249, 68.6373, 19.2726)
Luminance	0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD559 #597EFA

analogous

#FA8559 #FAD559 #CFFA59

triadic

#FAD559 #59FAD5 #D559FA

tetradic

#FAD559 #59FA85 #597EFA #FA59CF

square

#FAD559 #59FA85 #597EFA #FA59CF

split-complementary

#FAD559 #59CFFA #8559FA

monochromatic

#D2A306 #F8C61E #FAD559 #FCE494 #FEF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FAD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#FAD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD559

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD559	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.146 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe18d',
    500: '#fad559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad559;
$custom-light: #ffe18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88204,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD559

secondary

#2A50CD

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD559

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

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