#FAA997#FAA997

#FAA997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.100 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAA997
RGB	rgb(250, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(11, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(11, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 27.69, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 35.02, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0836 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.1 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2007, 50.9386, 35.9862)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAA997 #97E8FA

analogous

#FA97B6 #FAA997 #FADA97

triadic

#FAA997 #97FAA9 #A997FA

tetradic

#FAA997 #B6FA97 #97E8FA #DA97FA

square

#FAA997 #B6FA97 #97E8FA #DA97FA

split-complementary

#FAA997 #97FADA #97B6FA

monochromatic

#F44822 #F7795D #FAA997 #FDD9D1 #FEE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#FAA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#FAA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAA997

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAA997	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faa997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.100 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec3b5',
    500: '#faa997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faa997;
$custom-light: #fec3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faa997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8091,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAA997

secondary

#5BC3DA

accent

#BCE600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181211

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAA997

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

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