#FAA259#FAA259

#FAA259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.137 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA259
RGB	rgb(250, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, 26.06, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 56.93, 62.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0716 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.137 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1517, 46.8909, 15.6482)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA259 #59B1FA

analogous

#FA5961 #FAA259 #FAF359

triadic

#FAA259 #59FAA2 #A259FA

tetradic

#FAA259 #61FA59 #59B1FA #F359FA

square

#FAA259 #61FA59 #59B1FA #F359FA

split-complementary

#FAA259 #59FAF3 #5961FA

monochromatic

#D26306 #F8811E #FAA259 #FCC394 #FEE5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#FAA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#FAA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA259

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA259	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.137 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbe8a',
    500: '#faa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa259;
$custom-light: #ffbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.205,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78654,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA259

secondary

#BDDAF1

accent

#7DE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA259

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

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