#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
RGBrgb(250, 213, 97)
HSLhsl(45, 94%, 68%)
HSVhsv(45, 61%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.39, 0.02, 60.73)
CIE-LCHlch(86.39, 60.73, 89.99°)
OKLaboklab(88.28% -0.0039 0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(88.28% 0.14 91.6)
XYZxyz(65.3793, 68.7791, 21.1389)
Luminance0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##FAD5611.001.4214.7614.76
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7621.001.001.00
##00000014.7621.001.001.00

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

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#FAD561 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva