#FAAD61#FAAD61

#FAAD61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.129 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD61
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 20.80, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 53.90, 67.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% 0.0571 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.129 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5292, 51.0789, 18.1889)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD61 #61AEFA

analogous

#FA6161 #FAAD61 #FAFA61

triadic

#FAAD61 #61FAAD #AD61FA

tetradic

#FAAD61 #61FA61 #61AEFA #FA61FA

square

#FAAD61 #61FA61 #61AEFA #FA61FA

split-complementary

#FAAD61 #61FAFA #6161FA

monochromatic

#DA7007 #F88E26 #FAAD61 #FCCC9C #FEEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FAAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#FAAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD61

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD61	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)

#C5B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.129 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc590',
    500: '#faad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad61;
$custom-light: #ffc590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.804,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80706,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD61

secondary

#2C80D3

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD61

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

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