#FAAE59#FAAE59

#FAAE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE59
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 19.76, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 57.26, 69.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0529 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.134 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3673, 51.3221, 16.3867)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE59 #59A5FA

analogous

#FA5E59 #FAAE59 #F6FA59

triadic

#FAAE59 #59FAAE #AE59FA

tetradic

#FAAE59 #59FA5E #59A5FA #FA59F6

square

#FAAE59 #59FA5E #59A5FA #FA59F6

split-complementary

#FAAE59 #59F6FA #5E59FA

monochromatic

#D27206 #F8911E #FAAE59 #FCCB94 #FEE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FAAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#FAAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE59

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE59	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc68b',
    500: '#faae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae59;
$custom-light: #ffc68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.677,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80792,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE59

secondary

#2A77CD

accent

#6CE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE59

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

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