#FAD561#FAD561

#FAD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.140 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD561
RGB	rgb(250, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, 0.02, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 60.73, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0039 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.14 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3793, 68.7791, 21.1389)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD561 #6186FA

analogous

#FA8861 #FAD561 #D3FA61

triadic

#FAD561 #61FAD5 #D561FA

tetradic

#FAD561 #61FA88 #6186FA #FA61D3

square

#FAD561 #61FA88 #6186FA #FA61D3

split-complementary

#FAD561 #61D3FA #8861FA

monochromatic

#DAA707 #F8C526 #FAD561 #FCE59C #FEF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FAD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#FAD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD561

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD561	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.140 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe192',
    500: '#fad561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad561;
$custom-light: #ffe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88282,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD561

secondary

#2C54D3

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD561

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

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