#FAD596#FAD596

#FAD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.090 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD596
RGB	rgb(250, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(38, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, 4.58, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 36.22, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% 0.0149 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.09 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.7255, 70.1175, 38.7622)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD596 #96BBFA

analogous

#FAA396 #FAD596 #EDFA96

triadic

#FAD596 #96FAD5 #D596FA

tetradic

#FAD596 #96FAA3 #96BBFA #FA96ED

square

#FAD596 #96FAA3 #96BBFA #FA96ED

split-complementary

#FAD596 #96EDFA #A396FA

monochromatic

#F4A621 #F7BE5C #FAD596 #FDECD0 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FAD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#FAD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD596

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD596	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.090 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde1b5',
    500: '#fad596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad596;
$custom-light: #fde1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.8,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89016,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD596

secondary

#5A89DA

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD596

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

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