#FAA557#FAA557

#FAA557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.137 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA557
RGB	rgb(250, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 24.36, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 57.73, 65.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0663 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.137 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6037, 47.9273, 15.3901)
Luminance	0.4792 (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

#FAA557 #57ACFA

analogous

#FA575A #FAA557 #FAF757

triadic

#FAA557 #57FAA5 #A557FA

tetradic

#FAA557 #5AFA57 #57ACFA #F757FA

square

#FAA557 #5AFA57 #57ACFA #F757FA

split-complementary

#FAA557 #57FAF7 #575AFA

monochromatic

#D06706 #F8851C #FAA557 #FCC592 #FEE5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#FAA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#FAA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA557

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA557	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc089',
    500: '#faa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa557;
$custom-light: #ffc089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.712,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79158,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA557

secondary

#BCD8F1

accent

#78E600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA557

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

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