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#fad950

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

RGB
250, 217, 80
HSL
48°, 94%, 65%
CMYK
0, 13, 68, 2
Luminance
0.7053

Every format

HEX#fad950
RGBrgb(250, 217, 80)
HSLhsl(48, 94%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 68%, 2%)
LABlab(87.3 -3.0 68.8)
LCHlch(87.3 68.9 92.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.889 0.155 95.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #fad950;
background-color: #fad950;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fad950] bg-[#fad950]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fad950;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.851, blue: 0.314)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#fad950")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fad950 on white: 1.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fad950 on black: 15.11:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green85.1%
Blue31.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta13.2%
Yellow68.0%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#fad950 text on a black background

contrast 15.11:1

Card sample

#fad950 text on a white background

contrast 1.39:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fad950;
Background color
Panel with #fad950 background
background-color: #fad950;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fad950;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 217, 80, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 217, 80, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fad950;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fad950, #AAFA50);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fad950

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #fad950 in the Color Lab