#FAA459#FAA459

#FAA459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.136 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA459
RGB	rgb(250, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 25.01, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 56.92, 63.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0685 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.136 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5069, 47.6011, 15.7665)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA459 #59AFFA

analogous

#FA595F #FAA459 #FAF459

triadic

#FAA459 #59FAA4 #A459FA

tetradic

#FAA459 #5FFA59 #59AFFA #F459FA

square

#FAA459 #5FFA59 #59AFFA #F459FA

split-complementary

#FAA459 #59FAF4 #595FFA

monochromatic

#D26506 #F8831E #FAA459 #FCC594 #FEE5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#FAA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#FAA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA459

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA459	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.136 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbf8a',
    500: '#faa459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa459;
$custom-light: #ffbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.95,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79005,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA459

secondary

#BDD9F1

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA459

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

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