#FADE99#FADE99

#FADE99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.092 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FADE99
RGB	rgb(250, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(43, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, 0.29, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 37.39, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% 0.0026 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.092 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.2970, 74.8691, 40.8264)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FADE99 #99B5FA

analogous

#FAAE99 #FADE99 #E6FA99

triadic

#FADE99 #99FADE #DE99FA

tetradic

#FADE99 #99FAAE #99B5FA #FA99E6

square

#FADE99 #99FAAE #99B5FA #FA99E6

split-complementary

#FADE99 #99E6FA #AE99FA

monochromatic

#F4B824 #F7CB5F #FADE99 #FDF1D3 #FEF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FADE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#FADE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FADE99

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FADE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FADE99	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fade99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.092 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde8b7',
    500: '#fade99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fade99;
$custom-light: #fde8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fade99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.68,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90823,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FADE99

secondary

#5D81DB

accent

#42E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FADE99

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

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