#FA8E61#FA8E61

#FA8E61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8E61
RGB	rgb(250, 142, 97)
HSL	hsl(18, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 36.94, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 55.59, 48.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.1057 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.144 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2590, 40.5384, 16.4322)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8E61 #61CDFA

analogous

#FA6180 #FA8E61 #FADA61

triadic

#FA8E61 #61FA8E #8E61FA

tetradic

#FA8E61 #80FA61 #61CDFA #DA61FA

square

#FA8E61 #80FA61 #61CDFA #DA61FA

split-complementary

#FA8E61 #61FADA #6180FA

monochromatic

#DA4507 #F86426 #FA8E61 #FCB89C #FEE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#FA8E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#FA8E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8E61

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8E61	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 142, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb08f',
    500: '#fa8e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8e61;
$custom-light: #ffb08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75394,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8E61

secondary

#C4E5F3

accent

#A2E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8E61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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