#FAAD8D#FAAD8D

#FAAD8D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.101 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD8D
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(18, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(18, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 43.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, 24.52, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 37.07, 48.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% 0.0734 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.101 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1784, 52.1385, 32.1410)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD8D #8DDAFA

analogous

#FA8DA4 #FAAD8D #FAE48D

triadic

#FAAD8D #8DFAAD #AD8DFA

tetradic

#FAAD8D #A4FA8D #8DDAFA #E48DFA

square

#FAAD8D #A4FA8D #8DDAFA #E48DFA

split-complementary

#FAAD8D #8DFAE4 #8DA4FA

monochromatic

#F55918 #F78352 #FAAD8D #FDD7C8 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FAAD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#FAAD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD8D

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD8D	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.101 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec5ae',
    500: '#faad8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad8d;
$custom-light: #fec5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.615,
    "s": 91.597,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81407,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD8D

secondary

#52B2D9

accent

#A2E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F7

border

#D7D2D0

text

#181310

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD8D

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

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