YELLOW

Peach Yellow

#FADFAD

Conversions

HEX#FADFAD

RGBrgb(250, 223, 173)

HSLhsl(39, 89%, 83%)

HSVhsv(39, 31%, 98%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 11%, 31%, 2%)

Copy CSS

color: #fadfad;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(250, 223, 173);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(39, 89%, 83%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.29 : 1

On ink blackPass · 14.78 : 1

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About Peach Yellow

Peach Yellow is the hex color #FADFAD, which translates to rgb(250, 223, 173) in RGB and hsl(39, 89%, 83%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 39 degrees, with a saturation of 89 percent and a lightness of 83 percent. That puts Peach Yellow at the pale end of the yellow range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Peach Yellow compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is moccasin (#FFE4B5), a CIE76 distance of 2.4 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is orange-200 (#FFD6A7), at a distance of 6.1. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Vanilla at 6.4. Sorted by lightness, Peach Yellow is number 18 of the 18 yellow colors here.

Text on Peach Yellow

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Peach Yellow, led by Ink black at 14.78:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Peach Yellow already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Peach Yellow. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	14.78:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	3.73:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Dark grey #374151	7.96:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Peach Yellow

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Peach Yellow for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Peach Yellow

Format	Value
HEX	#FADFAD
RGB	rgb(250, 223, 173)
HSL	hsl(39, 89%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(39, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 31%, 2%)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.0711 82.73)
CIELAB	lab(89.91 2.11 27.95)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.