#FAA252#FAA252

#FAA252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA252
RGB	rgb(250, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(29, 94%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 67.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, 25.65, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 59.69, 64.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0694 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.141 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8717, 46.7789, 14.1731)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA252 #52AAFA

analogous

#FA5256 #FAA252 #FAF652

triadic

#FAA252 #52FAA2 #A252FA

tetradic

#FAA252 #56FA52 #52AAFA #F652FA

square

#FAA252 #56FA52 #52AAFA #F652FA

split-complementary

#FAA252 #52FAF6 #5256FA

monochromatic

#CC6406 #F88217 #FAA252 #FCC28D #FDE2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#FAA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#FAA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA252

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA252	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd86',
    500: '#faa252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa252;
$custom-light: #ffbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 94.382,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78575,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA252

secondary

#B7D5F0

accent

#78E600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#19120B

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA252

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

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