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#fadd49

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

RGB
250, 221, 73
HSL
50°, 95%, 63%
CMYK
0, 12, 71, 2
Luminance
0.7252

Every format

HEX#fadd49
RGBrgb(250, 221, 73)
HSLhsl(50, 95%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 71%, 2%)
LABlab(88.2 -5.4 72.4)
LCHlch(88.2 72.6 94.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.897 0.162 97.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #fadd49;
background-color: #fadd49;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fadd49] bg-[#fadd49]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fadd49;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.867, blue: 0.286)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#fadd49")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fadd49 on white: 1.35:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fadd49 on black: 15.50:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green86.7%
Blue28.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta11.6%
Yellow70.8%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#fadd49 text on a black background

contrast 15.50:1

Card sample

#fadd49 text on a white background

contrast 1.35:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fadd49;
Background color
Panel with #fadd49 background
background-color: #fadd49;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fadd49;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 221, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 221, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fadd49;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fadd49, #A1FA49);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fadd49

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #fadd49 in the Color Lab