#FAD850#FAD850

#FAD850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.154 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD850
RGB	rgb(250, 216, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, -2.50, 68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 68.58, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0131 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.154 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.4314, 70.0184, 17.6563)
Luminance	0.7002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD850 #5072FA

analogous

#FA8350 #FAD850 #C7FA50

triadic

#FAD850 #50FAD8 #D850FA

tetradic

#FAD850 #50FA83 #5072FA #FA50C7

square

#FAD850 #50FA83 #5072FA #FA50C7

split-complementary

#FAD850 #50C7FA #8350FA

monochromatic

#CAA306 #F8CB15 #FAD850 #FCE58C #FDF3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FAD850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#FAD850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD850

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD850	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 216, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.154 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe388',
    500: '#fad850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad850;
$custom-light: #ffe388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8872,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD850

secondary

#2848C6

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD850

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

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