#FAAD73#FAAD73

#FAAD73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.117 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD73
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 115)
HSL	hsl(26, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(26, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 54%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, 22.13, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 46.54, 61.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0635 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.117 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4657, 51.4535, 23.1212)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD73 #73C0FA

analogous

#FA737D #FAAD73 #FAF173

triadic

#FAAD73 #73FAAD #AD73FA

tetradic

#FAAD73 #7DFA73 #73C0FA #F173FA

square

#FAAD73 #7DFA73 #73C0FA #F173FA

split-complementary

#FAAD73 #73FAF1 #737DFA

monochromatic

#EA6908 #F88A38 #FAAD73 #FCD0AE #FEEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FAAD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#FAAD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD73

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD73	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)

#C4B46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.117 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc59c',
    500: '#faad73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad73;
$custom-light: #ffc59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.778,
    "s": 93.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80954,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD73

secondary

#3B93D6

accent

#83E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD73

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

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