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#fad049

a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
250, 208, 73
HSL
46°, 95%, 63%
CMYK
0, 17, 71, 2
Luminance
0.6592

Every format

HEX#fad049
RGBrgb(250, 208, 73)
HSLhsl(46, 95%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 71%, 2%)
LABlab(85.0 1.2 69.2)
LCHlch(85.0 69.2 89.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.871 0.154 91.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #fad049;
background-color: #fad049;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fad049] bg-[#fad049]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fad049;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.816, blue: 0.286)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#fad049")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fad049 on white: 1.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fad049 on black: 14.18:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green81.6%
Blue28.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta16.8%
Yellow70.8%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#fad049 text on a black background

contrast 14.18:1

Card sample

#fad049 text on a white background

contrast 1.48:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fad049;
Background color
Panel with #fad049 background
background-color: #fad049;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fad049;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 208, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 208, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fad049;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fad049, #AEFA49);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fad049

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #fad049 in the Color Lab