#FAAD59#FAAD59

#FAAD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.135 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD59
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 20.29, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 57.20, 69.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0544 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.135 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.1749, 50.9371, 16.3225)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD59 #59A6FA

analogous

#FA5D59 #FAAD59 #F7FA59

triadic

#FAAD59 #59FAAD #AD59FA

tetradic

#FAAD59 #59FA5D #59A6FA #FA59F7

square

#FAAD59 #59FA5D #59A6FA #FA59F7

split-complementary

#FAAD59 #59F7FA #5D59FA

monochromatic

#D27106 #F8901E #FAAD59 #FCCA94 #FEE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#FAAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#FAAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD59

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD59	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.135 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc58b',
    500: '#faad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad59;
$custom-light: #ffc58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD59

secondary

#2A78CD

accent

#6EE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD59

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

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