#FAA172#FAA172

#FAA172 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA172
RGB	rgb(250, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(21, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, 28.34, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 47.43, 53.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.082 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.123 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.2100, 47.0335, 22.0870)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA172 #72CBFA

analogous

#FA7287 #FAA172 #FAE572

triadic

#FAA172 #72FAA1 #A172FA

tetradic

#FAA172 #87FA72 #72CBFA #E572FA

square

#FAA172 #87FA72 #72CBFA #E572FA

split-complementary

#FAA172 #72FAE5 #7287FA

monochromatic

#E95608 #F87A37 #FAA172 #FCC8AD #FEEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#FAA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#FAA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA172

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA172	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd9b',
    500: '#faa172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa172;
$custom-light: #ffbd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.735,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78827,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA172

secondary

#D2E9F6

accent

#96E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19120E

muted

#87817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA172

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

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