#FAAD81#FAAD81

#FAAD81 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.108 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD81
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 129)
HSL	hsl(22, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 23.35, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 41.17, 55.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% 0.0687 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.108 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3334, 51.8005, 27.6908)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD81 #81CEFA

analogous

#FA8192 #FAAD81 #FAE981

triadic

#FAAD81 #81FAAD #AD81FA

tetradic

#FAAD81 #92FA81 #81CEFA #E981FA

square

#FAAD81 #92FA81 #81CEFA #E981FA

split-complementary

#FAAD81 #81FAE9 #8192FA

monochromatic

#F5600B #F88746 #FAAD81 #FCD3BC #FEECE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FAAD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#FAAD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD81

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD81	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.108 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc5a6',
    500: '#faad81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad81;
$custom-light: #ffc5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81184,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD81

secondary

#48A3D8

accent

#92E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F6

border

#D7D2D0

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD81

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

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