#FAA079#FAA079

#FAA079 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA079
RGB	rgb(250, 160, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(18, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 29.45, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 45.11, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0862 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.12 44)
XYZ	xyz(55.4497, 46.8509, 24.2082)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA079 #79D3FA

analogous

#FA7992 #FAA079 #FAE179

triadic

#FAA079 #79FAA0 #A079FA

tetradic

#FAA079 #92FA79 #79D3FA #E179FA

square

#FAA079 #92FA79 #79D3FA #E179FA

split-complementary

#FAA079 #79FAE1 #7992FA

monochromatic

#F04F09 #F8763E #FAA079 #FCCAB4 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#FAA079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#FAA079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA079

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA079	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 160, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbca0',
    500: '#faa079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa079;
$custom-light: #ffbca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.14,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.46846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA079

secondary

#D5ECF6

accent

#A0E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA079

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

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