#FAA256#FAA256

#FAA256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.139 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA256
RGB	rgb(250, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 65.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 25.88, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 58.11, 63.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0706 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.139 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0283, 46.8415, 14.9982)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA256 #56AEFA

analogous

#FA565C #FAA256 #FAF456

triadic

#FAA256 #56FAA2 #A256FA

tetradic

#FAA256 #5CFA56 #56AEFA #F456FA

square

#FAA256 #5CFA56 #56AEFA #F456FA

split-complementary

#FAA256 #56FAF4 #565CFA

monochromatic

#CF6306 #F8811B #FAA256 #FCC391 #FEE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#FAA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#FAA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA256

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA256	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.139 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbe88',
    500: '#faa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa256;
$custom-light: #ffbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 94.253,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78619,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA256

secondary

#BBD8F1

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA256

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

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