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#fade27

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

RGB
250, 222, 39
HSL
52°, 96%, 57%
CMYK
0, 11, 84, 2
Luminance
0.7271

Every format

HEX#fade27
RGBrgb(250, 222, 39)
HSLhsl(52, 96%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11%, 84%, 2%)
LABlab(88.3 -7.0 82.7)
LCHlch(88.3 83.0 94.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.897 0.179 99.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #fade27;
background-color: #fade27;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fade27] bg-[#fade27]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fade27;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.871, blue: 0.153)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#fade27")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fade27 on white: 1.35:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fade27 on black: 15.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green87.1%
Blue15.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta11.2%
Yellow84.4%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#fade27 text on a black background

contrast 15.54:1

Card sample

#fade27 text on a white background

contrast 1.35:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fade27;
Background color
Panel with #fade27 background
background-color: #fade27;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fade27;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 222, 39, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 222, 39, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fade27;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fade27, #8AFA27);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fade27

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #fade27 in the Color Lab