#FAAB59#FAAB59

#FAAB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.135 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAB59
RGB	rgb(250, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 21.34, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 57.09, 68.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0575 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.135 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7942, 50.1759, 16.1957)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAB59 #59A8FA

analogous

#FA5B59 #FAAB59 #F9FA59

triadic

#FAAB59 #59FAAB #AB59FA

tetradic

#FAAB59 #59FA5B #59A8FA #FA59F9

square

#FAAB59 #59FA5B #59A8FA #FA59F9

split-complementary

#FAAB59 #59F9FA #5B59FA

monochromatic

#D26E06 #F88D1E #FAAB59 #FCC994 #FEE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#FAAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#FAAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAB59

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAB59	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.135 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc48b',
    500: '#faab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faab59;
$custom-light: #ffc48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.559,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAB59

secondary

#2A7ACD

accent

#71E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19120C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAB59

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

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