#FAA599#FAA599

#FAA599 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.103 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA599
RGB	rgb(250, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(7, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(7, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 30.01, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 35.62, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0907 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.103 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6317, 49.5385, 36.6046)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA599 #99EEFA

analogous

#FA99BE #FAA599 #FAD699

triadic

#FAA599 #99FAA5 #A599FA

tetradic

#FAA599 #BEFA99 #99EEFA #D699FA

square

#FAA599 #BEFA99 #99EEFA #D699FA

split-complementary

#FAA599 #99FAD6 #99BEFA

monochromatic

#F43E24 #F7725F #FAA599 #FDD8D3 #FEE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#FAA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#FAA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA599

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA599	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.103 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec0b7',
    500: '#faa599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa599;
$custom-light: #fec0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.423,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80263,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA599

secondary

#D5F2F6

accent

#C9E600

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF7F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181211

muted

#868180

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA599

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

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