#FAAD4C#FAAD4C

#FAAD4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.143 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD4C
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(33, 95%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 69.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 19.57, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 62.45, 71.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% 0.0505 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.143 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6764, 50.7377, 13.6971)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD4C #4C99FA

analogous

#FA564C #FAAD4C #F0FA4C

triadic

#FAAD4C #4CFAAD #AD4CFA

tetradic

#FAAD4C #4CFA56 #4C99FA #FA4CF0

square

#FAAD4C #4CFA56 #4C99FA #FA4CF0

split-complementary

#FAAD4C #4CF0FA #564CFA

monochromatic

#C67106 #F89210 #FAAD4C #FCC888 #FDE4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#FAAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#FAAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD4C

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD4C	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.143 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc582',
    500: '#faad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad4c;
$custom-light: #ffc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.448,
    "s": 94.565,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80478,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD4C

secondary

#286CC3

accent

#66E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19120B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD4C

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

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