#FAAD60#FAAD60

#FAAD60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.130 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD60
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 96)
HSL	hsl(30, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 61.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 20.73, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 54.31, 67.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0567 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.13 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4829, 51.0603, 17.9449)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD60 #60ADFA

analogous

#FA6060 #FAAD60 #FAFA60

triadic

#FAAD60 #60FAAD #AD60FA

tetradic

#FAAD60 #60FA60 #60ADFA #FA60FA

square

#FAAD60 #60FA60 #60ADFA #FA60FA

split-complementary

#FAAD60 #60FAFA #6060FA

monochromatic

#D97007 #F88E25 #FAAD60 #FCCC9B #FEEAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FAAD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#FAAD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD60

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD60	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)

#C5B359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.130 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc58f',
    500: '#faad60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad60;
$custom-light: #ffc58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 93.902,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80693,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD60

secondary

#2C7FD3

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD60

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

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