#FAA456#FAA456
#FAA456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.138 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAA456 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 164, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 94%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 66%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 65.6%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.54, 24.83, 52.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.54, 58.12, 64.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.97% 0.0675 0.1206) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.97% 0.138 60.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3834, 47.5518, 15.1166) |
| Luminance | 0.4755 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 1.04
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.86
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.49
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.18
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.56
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAA456 #56ACFA
analogous
#FA565A #FAA456 #FAF656
triadic
#FAA456 #56FAA4 #A456FA
tetradic
#FAA456 #5AFA56 #56ACFA #F656FA
square
#FAA456 #5AFA56 #56ACFA #F656FA
split-complementary
#FAA456 #56FAF6 #565AFA
monochromatic
#CF6606 #F8841B #FAA456 #FCC491 #FEE4CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.00
#FAA456 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.51
#FAA456 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAA456
10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAA456 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAA456 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 10.51 | 10.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAC4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BF57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9192
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faa456; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 164, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.138 60.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbf88',
500: '#faa456',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faa456; $custom-light: #ffbf88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faa456",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 164,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.537,
"s": 94.253,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78971,
"c": 0.13817,
"h": 60.8
},
"luminance": 0.47547
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAA456
secondary
#BBD7F1
accent
#78E600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D