#FAD55D#FAD55D

#FAD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.143 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD55D
RGB	rgb(250, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -0.24, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 62.45, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0051 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.143 92)
XYZ	xyz(65.1975, 68.7063, 20.1813)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD55D #5D82FA

analogous

#FA875D #FAD55D #D0FA5D

triadic

#FAD55D #5DFAD5 #D55DFA

tetradic

#FAD55D #5DFA87 #5D82FA #FA5DD0

square

#FAD55D #5DFA87 #5D82FA #FA5DD0

split-complementary

#FAD55D #5DD0FA #875DFA

monochromatic

#D6A507 #F8C622 #FAD55D #FCE498 #FEF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FAD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#FAD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD55D

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD55D	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.143 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe18f',
    500: '#fad55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad55d;
$custom-light: #ffe18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 94.012,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88242,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.68703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD55D

secondary

#2B52D0

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD55D

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

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