#FAAD5F#FAAD5F
#FAAD5F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FAAD5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 173, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 94%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 62%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 62%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.70, 20.67, 50.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.70, 54.73, 67.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.68% 0.0564 0.1178) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.68% 0.131 64.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4371, 51.0420, 17.7040) |
| Luminance | 0.5104 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.44
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 2.52
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.09
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.32
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.98
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FAAD5F #5FACFA
analogous
#FA605F #FAAD5F #F9FA5F
triadic
#FAAD5F #5FFAAD #AD5FFA
tetradic
#FAAD5F #5FFA60 #5FACFA #FA5FF9
square
#FAAD5F #5FFA60 #5FACFA #FA5FF9
split-complementary
#FAAD5F #5FF9FA #605FFA
monochromatic
#D87007 #F88F24 #FAAD5F #FCCB9A #FEEAD6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.87
#FAAD5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.21
#FAAD5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FAAD5F
11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FAAD5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FAAD5F | 1.00 | 1.87 | 11.21 | 11.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.87 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B358
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C460
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9C9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #faad5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 64.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc58f',
500: '#faad5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #faad5f; $custom-light: #ffc58f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#faad5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 173,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.194,
"s": 93.939,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80681,
"c": 0.13056,
"h": 64.4
},
"luminance": 0.51037
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FAAD5F
secondary
#2B7ED2
accent
#72E600
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F4
border
#D7D2CE
text
#19130C
muted
#87827F