#FA9F57#FA9F57
#FA9F57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FA9F57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 159, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 94%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 65%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 65.2%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.42, 27.50, 50.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.42, 57.77, 61.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.11% 0.0757 0.117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.11% 0.139 57.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5467, 45.8135, 15.0378) |
| Luminance | 0.4581 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.19
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.91
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.94
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.20
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.60
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FA9F57 #57B2FA
analogous
#FA5760 #FA9F57 #FAF057
triadic
#FA9F57 #57FA9F #9F57FA
tetradic
#FA9F57 #60FA57 #57B2FA #F057FA
square
#FA9F57 #60FA57 #57B2FA #F057FA
split-complementary
#FA9F57 #57FAF0 #5760FA
monochromatic
#D06006 #F87D1C #FA9F57 #FCC192 #FEE3CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#FA9F57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.16
#FA9F57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FA9F57
10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FA9F57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FA9F57 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.16 | 10.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA850
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fa9f57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 159, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 57.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbb89',
500: '#fa9f57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fa9f57; $custom-light: #ffbb89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fa9f57",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 159,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.503,
"s": 94.22,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78109,
"c": 0.13928,
"h": 57.1
},
"luminance": 0.45808
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FA9F57
secondary
#BCDAF1
accent
#80E600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D