#FAD86E#FAD86E

#FAD86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.131 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD86E
RGB	rgb(250, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 56%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -0.60, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 55.84, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0041 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.131 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.7975, 70.5648, 24.8508)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD86E #6E90FA

analogous

#FA926E #FAD86E #D6FA6E

triadic

#FAD86E #6EFAD8 #D86EFA

tetradic

#FAD86E #6EFA92 #6E90FA #FA6ED6

square

#FAD86E #6EFA92 #6E90FA #FA6ED6

split-complementary

#FAD86E #6ED6FA #926EFA

monochromatic

#E6B008 #F8C833 #FAD86E #FCE8A9 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FAD86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#FAD86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD86E

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD86E	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.131 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe39a',
    500: '#fad86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad86e;
$custom-light: #ffe39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 93.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89017,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD86E

secondary

#375DD5

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD86E

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

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