#FA9E79#FA9E79

#FA9E79 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.121 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA9E79
RGB	rgb(250, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(17, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 30.50, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 45.38, 47.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0894 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.121 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.1058, 46.1630, 24.0936)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA9E79 #79D5FA

analogous

#FA7995 #FA9E79 #FADE79

triadic

#FA9E79 #79FA9E #9E79FA

tetradic

#FA9E79 #95FA79 #79D5FA #DE79FA

square

#FA9E79 #95FA79 #79D5FA #DE79FA

split-complementary

#FA9E79 #79FADE #7995FA

monochromatic

#F04B09 #F8733E #FA9E79 #FCC9B4 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#FA9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#FA9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA9E79

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA9E79	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.121 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbba0',
    500: '#fa9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa9e79;
$custom-light: #ffbba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.209,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78429,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA9E79

secondary

#D5EDF6

accent

#A4E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA9E79

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

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