#FAAD5E#FAAD5E

#FAAD5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD5E
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(30, 94%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 62.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 20.60, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 55.14, 68.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0561 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.131 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3920, 51.0240, 17.4661)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD5E #5EABFA

analogous

#FA5F5E #FAAD5E #F9FA5E

triadic

#FAAD5E #5EFAAD #AD5EFA

tetradic

#FAAD5E #5EFA5F #5EABFA #FA5EF9

square

#FAAD5E #5EFA5F #5EABFA #FA5EF9

split-complementary

#FAAD5E #5EF9FA #5F5EFA

monochromatic

#D77007 #F88F23 #FAAD5E #FCCB99 #FEE9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FAAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#FAAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD5E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD5E	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc58e',
    500: '#faad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad5e;
$custom-light: #ffc58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.385,
    "s": 93.976,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80669,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD5E

secondary

#2B7DD1

accent

#71E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD5E

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

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