#FAAD80#FAAD80

#FAAD80 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.109 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD80
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 128)
HSL	hsl(22, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 23.26, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 41.54, 55.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0683 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.109 51)
XYZ	xyz(58.2672, 51.7741, 27.3424)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD80 #80CDFA

analogous

#FA8090 #FAAD80 #FAEA80

triadic

#FAAD80 #80FAAD #AD80FA

tetradic

#FAAD80 #90FA80 #80CDFA #EA80FA

square

#FAAD80 #90FA80 #80CDFA #EA80FA

split-complementary

#FAAD80 #80FAEA #8090FA

monochromatic

#F5610A #F88745 #FAAD80 #FCD3BB #FEECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FAAD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#FAAD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD80

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD80	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.109 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc5a5',
    500: '#faad80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad80;
$custom-light: #ffc5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.131,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81166,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.5177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD80

secondary

#47A2D7

accent

#91E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F6

border

#D7D2D0

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD80

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

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