#FAAC61#FAAC61

#FAAC61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.129 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAC61
RGB	rgb(250, 172, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 21.32, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 53.86, 66.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0586 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.129 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3382, 50.6968, 18.1252)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAC61 #61AFFA

analogous

#FA6162 #FAAC61 #FAF961

triadic

#FAAC61 #61FAAC #AC61FA

tetradic

#FAAC61 #62FA61 #61AFFA #F961FA

square

#FAAC61 #62FA61 #61AFFA #F961FA

split-complementary

#FAAC61 #61FAF9 #6162FA

monochromatic

#DA6E07 #F88D26 #FAAC61 #FCCB9C #FEEAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#FAAC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#FAAC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAC61

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAC61	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faac61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 172, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.129 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc490',
    500: '#faac61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faac61;
$custom-light: #ffc490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faac61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.412,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80525,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAC61

secondary

#2C81D3

accent

#75E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19120D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAC61

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

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