#FAD970#FAD970

#FAD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.130 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD970
RGB	rgb(250, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 55.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -0.96, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 55.23, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.005 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.13 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.1645, 71.1228, 25.5164)
Luminance	0.7112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD970 #7091FA

analogous

#FA9470 #FAD970 #D6FA70

triadic

#FAD970 #70FAD9 #D970FA

tetradic

#FAD970 #70FA94 #7091FA #FA70D6

square

#FAD970 #70FA94 #7091FA #FA70D6

split-complementary

#FAD970 #70D6FA #9470FA

monochromatic

#E8B208 #F8C935 #FAD970 #FCE9AB #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FAD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#FAD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD970

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD970	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.130 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49c',
    500: '#fad970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad970;
$custom-light: #ffe49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 93.243,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89238,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD970

secondary

#395ED5

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD970

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

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