#FAD975#FAD975

#FAD975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.125 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD975
RGB	rgb(250, 217, 117)
HSL	hsl(45, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -0.57, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 52.94, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0032 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.125 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.4507, 71.2373, 27.0235)
Luminance	0.7123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD975 #7596FA

analogous

#FA9775 #FAD975 #D8FA75

triadic

#FAD975 #75FAD9 #D975FA

tetradic

#FAD975 #75FA97 #7596FA #FA75D8

square

#FAD975 #75FA97 #7596FA #FA75D8

split-complementary

#FAD975 #75D8FA #9775FA

monochromatic

#ECB409 #F8C93A #FAD975 #FCE9B0 #FEF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#FAD975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#FAD975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD975

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD975	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 217, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.125 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe49f',
    500: '#fad975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad975;
$custom-light: #ffe49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.893,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD975

secondary

#3D63D6

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD975

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

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