#FAA579#FAA579

#FAA579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA579
RGB	rgb(250, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 26.83, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 44.59, 53.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0783 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.117 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3340, 48.6194, 24.5030)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA579 #79CEFA

analogous

#FA798D #FAA579 #FAE579

triadic

#FAA579 #79FAA5 #A579FA

tetradic

#FAA579 #8DFA79 #79CEFA #E579FA

square

#FAA579 #8DFA79 #79CEFA #E579FA

split-complementary

#FAA579 #79FAE5 #798DFA

monochromatic

#F05809 #F87D3E #FAA579 #FCCDB4 #FEEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#FAA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#FAA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA579

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA579	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc0a0',
    500: '#faa579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa579;
$custom-light: #ffc0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.465,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA579

secondary

#D5EBF6

accent

#97E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120F

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA579

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

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