#FAA659#FAA659
#FAA659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.136 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAA659 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 166, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 94%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 64%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 64.4%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.03, 23.96, 51.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.03, 56.94, 65.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.36% 0.0654 0.1191) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.36% 0.136 61.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8676, 48.3226, 15.8868) |
| Luminance | 0.4832 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 0.96
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.80
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.01
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.99
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.01
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAA659 #59ADFA
analogous
#FA595D #FAA659 #FAF759
triadic
#FAA659 #59FAA6 #A659FA
tetradic
#FAA659 #5DFA59 #59ADFA #F759FA
square
#FAA659 #5DFA59 #59ADFA #F759FA
split-complementary
#FAA659 #59FAF7 #595DFA
monochromatic
#D26806 #F8861E #FAA659 #FCC694 #FEE6D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.97
#FAA659 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.66
#FAA659 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAA659
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAA659 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAA659 | 1.00 | 1.97 | 10.66 | 10.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.97 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AD51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C05A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9495
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faa659; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 166, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.136 61.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc08a',
500: '#faa659',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faa659; $custom-light: #ffc08a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faa659",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 166,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.696,
"s": 94.152,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79358,
"c": 0.13583,
"h": 61.2
},
"luminance": 0.48318
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAA659
secondary
#BDD9F1
accent
#78E600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D