#FAA957#FAA957

#FAA957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.136 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA957
RGB	rgb(250, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 22.27, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 57.82, 67.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.06 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.136 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3365, 49.3929, 15.6344)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA957 #57A8FA

analogous

#FA5757 #FAA957 #FAFA57

triadic

#FAA957 #57FAA9 #A957FA

tetradic

#FAA957 #57FA57 #57A8FA #FA57FA

square

#FAA957 #57FA57 #57A8FA #FA57FA

split-complementary

#FAA957 #57FAFA #5757FA

monochromatic

#D06C06 #F88B1C #FAA957 #FCC792 #FEE6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#FAA957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#FAA957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA957

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA957	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.136 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc289',
    500: '#faa957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa957;
$custom-light: #ffc289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.184,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79869,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA957

secondary

#BCD6F1

accent

#72E600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA957

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

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