#FAA178#FAA178

#FAA178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.120 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA178
RGB	rgb(250, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(19, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(19, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 28.84, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 45.33, 50.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% 0.0843 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.12 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5627, 47.1746, 23.9450)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA178 #78D1FA

analogous

#FA7890 #FAA178 #FAE278

triadic

#FAA178 #78FAA1 #A178FA

tetradic

#FAA178 #90FA78 #78D1FA #E278FA

square

#FAA178 #90FA78 #78D1FA #E278FA

split-complementary

#FAA178 #78FAE2 #7890FA

monochromatic

#EF5109 #F8783D #FAA178 #FCCAB3 #FEEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#FAA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#FAA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA178

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA178	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.120 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd9f',
    500: '#faa178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa178;
$custom-light: #ffbd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.923,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78926,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA178

secondary

#D5ECF6

accent

#9DE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA178

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

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