#FAAD96#FAAD96

#FAAD96 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.097 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD96
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 150)
HSL	hsl(14, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(14, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, 25.48, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 34.46, 42.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% 0.0769 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.097 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8754, 52.4174, 35.8122)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD96 #96E3FA

analogous

#FA96B1 #FAAD96 #FADF96

triadic

#FAAD96 #96FAAD #AD96FA

tetradic

#FAAD96 #B1FA96 #96E3FA #DF96FA

square

#FAAD96 #B1FA96 #96E3FA #DF96FA

split-complementary

#FAAD96 #96FADF #96B1FA

monochromatic

#F45221 #F77F5C #FAAD96 #FDDBD0 #FEE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FAAD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#FAAD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD96

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD96	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.097 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6b5',
    500: '#faad96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad96;
$custom-light: #fec6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.8,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81589,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD96

secondary

#5ABDDA

accent

#B1E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD96

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

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