#FAAD97#FAAD97

#FAAD97 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.096 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD97
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 151)
HSL	hsl(13, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(13, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 25.59, 22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 34.20, 41.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% 0.0773 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.096 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9563, 52.4497, 36.2381)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD97 #97E4FA

analogous

#FA97B2 #FAAD97 #FADE97

triadic

#FAAD97 #97FAAD #AD97FA

tetradic

#FAAD97 #B2FA97 #97E4FA #DE97FA

square

#FAAD97 #B2FA97 #97E4FA #DE97FA

split-complementary

#FAAD97 #97FADE #97B2FA

monochromatic

#F45122 #F77F5D #FAAD97 #FDDBD1 #FEE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FAAD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#FAAD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD97

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD97	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.096 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6b5',
    500: '#faad97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad97;
$custom-light: #fec6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81611,
    "c": 0.09627,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD97

secondary

#5BBEDA

accent

#B3E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD97

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

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