#FAAC59#FAAC59

#FAAC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.135 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAC59
RGB	rgb(250, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 20.81, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 57.14, 68.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.056 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.135 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9838, 50.5551, 16.2589)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAC59 #59A7FA

analogous

#FA5C59 #FAAC59 #F7FA59

triadic

#FAAC59 #59FAAC #AC59FA

tetradic

#FAAC59 #59FA5C #59A7FA #FA59F7

square

#FAAC59 #59FA5C #59A7FA #FA59F7

split-complementary

#FAAC59 #59F7FA #5C59FA

monochromatic

#D26F06 #F88E1E #FAAC59 #FCCA94 #FEE7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#FAAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#FAAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAC59

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAC59	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.135 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc48b',
    500: '#faac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faac59;
$custom-light: #ffc48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.932,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80431,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAC59

secondary

#2A79CD

accent

#6FE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19120C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAC59

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

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