#FA9A79#FA9A79

#FA9A79 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.124 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA9A79
RGB	rgb(250, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 32.58, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 45.99, 44.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0957 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.124 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4346, 44.8206, 23.8699)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA9A79 #79D9FA

analogous

#FA7998 #FA9A79 #FADB79

triadic

#FA9A79 #79FA9A #9A79FA

tetradic

#FA9A79 #98FA79 #79D9FA #DB79FA

square

#FA9A79 #98FA79 #79D9FA #DB79FA

split-complementary

#FA9A79 #79FADB #7998FA

monochromatic

#F04409 #F86E3E #FA9A79 #FCC6B4 #FEE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#FA9A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#FA9A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA9A79

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA9A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA9A79	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa9a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.124 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8a0',
    500: '#fa9a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa9a79;
$custom-light: #ffb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa9a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.349,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77753,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA9A79

secondary

#D5EEF6

accent

#ABE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA9A79

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

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