#FAA157#FAA157

#FAA157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA157
RGB	rgb(250, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 26.46, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 57.73, 62.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% 0.0725 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.139 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8935, 46.5069, 15.1534)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA157 #57B0FA

analogous

#FA575E #FAA157 #FAF257

triadic

#FAA157 #57FAA1 #A157FA

tetradic

#FAA157 #5EFA57 #57B0FA #F257FA

square

#FAA157 #5EFA57 #57B0FA #F257FA

split-complementary

#FAA157 #57FAF2 #575EFA

monochromatic

#D06206 #F8801C #FAA157 #FCC292 #FEE4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#FAA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#FAA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA157

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA157	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd89',
    500: '#faa157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa157;
$custom-light: #ffbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.239,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA157

secondary

#BCD9F1

accent

#7DE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA157

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

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