#FAAE48#FAAE48

#FAAE48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.145 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE48
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 95%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 71.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 18.84, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 64.08, 72.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% 0.0478 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.145 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7341, 51.0688, 13.0516)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE48 #4894FA

analogous

#FA5548 #FAAE48 #EDFA48

triadic

#FAAE48 #48FAAE #AE48FA

tetradic

#FAAE48 #48FA55 #4894FA #FA48ED

square

#FAAE48 #48FA55 #4894FA #FA48ED

split-complementary

#FAAE48 #48EDFA #5548FA

monochromatic

#C27205 #F8940C #FAAE48 #FCC884 #FDE3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FAAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#FAAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE48

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE48	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.145 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc680',
    500: '#faae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae48;
$custom-light: #ffc680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.382,
    "s": 94.681,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80624,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE48

secondary

#2768BF

accent

#62E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE48

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

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