#FAAD72#FAAD72

#FAAD72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.118 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD72
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(26, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 22.05, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 46.94, 61.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% 0.0631 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.118 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4085, 51.4306, 22.8198)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD72 #72BFFA

analogous

#FA727B #FAAD72 #FAF172

triadic

#FAAD72 #72FAAD #AD72FA

tetradic

#FAAD72 #7BFA72 #72BFFA #F172FA

square

#FAAD72 #7BFA72 #72BFFA #F172FA

split-complementary

#FAAD72 #72FAF1 #727BFA

monochromatic

#E96A08 #F88B37 #FAAD72 #FCCFAD #FEEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FAAD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#FAAD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD72

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD72	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.118 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc59b',
    500: '#faad72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad72;
$custom-light: #ffc59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.029,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80939,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD72

secondary

#3B92D6

accent

#82E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD72

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

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