#FAAD99#FAAD99

#FAAD99 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.095 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAD99
RGB	rgb(250, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(12, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(12, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 25.81, 21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 33.70, 40.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% 0.0781 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.095 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.1201, 52.5152, 37.1008)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAD99 #99E6FA

analogous

#FA99B6 #FAAD99 #FADE99

triadic

#FAAD99 #99FAAD #AD99FA

tetradic

#FAAD99 #B6FA99 #99E6FA #DE99FA

square

#FAAD99 #B6FA99 #99E6FA #DE99FA

split-complementary

#FAAD99 #99FADE #99B6FA

monochromatic

#F44F24 #F77E5F #FAAD99 #FDDCD3 #FEE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FAAD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#FAAD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAD99

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAD99	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faad99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.095 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6b7',
    500: '#faad99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faad99;
$custom-light: #fec6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faad99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.371,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAD99

secondary

#5DC1DB

accent

#B6E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAD99

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

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