#FAAE57#FAAE57

#FAAE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.136 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE57
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, 19.64, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 58.08, 70.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0522 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.136 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2845, 51.2889, 15.9504)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE57 #57A3FA

analogous

#FA5C57 #FAAE57 #F4FA57

triadic

#FAAE57 #57FAAE #AE57FA

tetradic

#FAAE57 #57FA5C #57A3FA #FA57F4

square

#FAAE57 #57FA5C #57A3FA #FA57F4

split-complementary

#FAAE57 #57F4FA #5C57FA

monochromatic

#D07206 #F8911C #FAAE57 #FCCB92 #FEE7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FAAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#FAAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE57

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE57	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.136 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc689',
    500: '#faae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae57;
$custom-light: #ffc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.025,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE57

secondary

#2A75CB

accent

#6BE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE57

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

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