#FAAD79#FAAD79

#FAAD79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.113 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD79
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 121)
HSL	hsl(24, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(24, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 22.64, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 44.18, 59.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0657 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.113 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8223, 51.5961, 24.9991)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD79 #79C6FA

analogous

#FA7985 #FAAD79 #FAED79

triadic

#FAAD79 #79FAAD #AD79FA

tetradic

#FAAD79 #85FA79 #79C6FA #ED79FA

square

#FAAD79 #85FA79 #79C6FA #ED79FA

split-complementary

#FAAD79 #79FAED #7985FA

monochromatic

#F06609 #F8893E #FAAD79 #FCD1B4 #FEEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FAAD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#FAAD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD79

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD79	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.113 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc5a0',
    500: '#faad79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad79;
$custom-light: #ffc5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.186,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81049,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD79

secondary

#419AD7

accent

#89E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD79

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

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