#FAAA59#FAAA59

#FAAA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAA59
RGB	rgb(250, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 21.86, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 57.05, 67.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0591 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.135 64)
XYZ	xyz(55.6060, 49.7995, 16.1329)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAA59 #59A9FA

analogous

#FA5A59 #FAAA59 #FAFA59

triadic

#FAAA59 #59FAAA #AA59FA

tetradic

#FAAA59 #59FA5A #59A9FA #FA59FA

square

#FAAA59 #59FA5A #59A9FA #FA59FA

split-complementary

#FAAA59 #59FAFA #5A59FA

monochromatic

#D26D06 #F88C1E #FAAA59 #FCC894 #FEE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#FAAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#FAAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAA59

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAA59	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc38a',
    500: '#faaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faaa59;
$custom-light: #ffc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.186,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80071,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.49795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAA59

secondary

#BDD7F1

accent

#72E600

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAA59

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

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