#FAD55B#FAD55B

#FAD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.144 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD55B
RGB	rgb(250, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -0.36, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 63.29, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0057 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.144 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.1101, 68.6714, 19.7209)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD55B #5B80FA

analogous

#FA865B #FAD55B #CFFA5B

triadic

#FAD55B #5BFAD5 #D55BFA

tetradic

#FAD55B #5BFA86 #5B80FA #FA5BCF

square

#FAD55B #5BFA86 #5B80FA #FA5BCF

split-complementary

#FAD55B #5BCFFA #865BFA

monochromatic

#D4A406 #F8C620 #FAD55B #FCE496 #FEF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FAD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#FAD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD55B

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD55B	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)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.144 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe18e',
    500: '#fad55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad55b;
$custom-light: #ffe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 94.083,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88222,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD55B

secondary

#2B51CF

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD55B

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

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