#FA9972#FA9972

#FA9972 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.128 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA9972
RGB	rgb(250, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(17, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 32.52, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 48.35, 47.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0947 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.128 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8564, 44.3264, 21.6358)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA9972 #72D3FA

analogous

#FA728F #FA9972 #FADD72

triadic

#FA9972 #72FA99 #9972FA

tetradic

#FA9972 #8FFA72 #72D3FA #DD72FA

square

#FA9972 #8FFA72 #72D3FA #DD72FA

split-complementary

#FA9972 #72FADD #728FFA

monochromatic

#E94908 #F86E37 #FA9972 #FCC4AD #FEEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#FA9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#FA9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA9972

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA9972	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.128 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb89b',
    500: '#fa9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa9972;
$custom-light: #ffb89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.206,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77466,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA9972

secondary

#D2EBF6

accent

#A4E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA9972

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

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