#FAAD74#FAAD74

#FAAD74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD74
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 116)
HSL	hsl(26, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(26, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 53.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 22.21, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 46.15, 61.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0638 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.116 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5236, 51.4766, 23.4259)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD74 #74C1FA

analogous

#FA747E #FAAD74 #FAF074

triadic

#FAAD74 #74FAAD #AD74FA

tetradic

#FAAD74 #7EFA74 #74C1FA #F074FA

square

#FAAD74 #7EFA74 #74C1FA #F074FA

split-complementary

#FAAD74 #74FAF0 #747EFA

monochromatic

#EB6908 #F88A39 #FAAD74 #FCD0AF #FEEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FAAD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#FAAD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD74

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD74	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)

#C4B46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc59d',
    500: '#faad74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad74;
$custom-light: #ffc59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.522,
    "s": 93.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8097,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD74

secondary

#3C95D6

accent

#84E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130E

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD74

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

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