#FAAE61#FAAE61

#FAAE61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.129 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE61
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 20.27, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 53.95, 67.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0555 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.129 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7217, 51.4638, 18.2531)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE61 #61ADFA

analogous

#FA6161 #FAAE61 #FAFA61

triadic

#FAAE61 #61FAAE #AE61FA

tetradic

#FAAE61 #61FA61 #61ADFA #FA61FA

square

#FAAE61 #61FA61 #61ADFA #FA61FA

split-complementary

#FAAE61 #61FAFA #6161FA

monochromatic

#DA7107 #F89026 #FAAE61 #FCCC9C #FEEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FAAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#FAAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE61

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE61	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.129 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc690',
    500: '#faae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae61;
$custom-light: #ffc690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.196,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80886,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE61

secondary

#2C7FD3

accent

#72E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE61

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

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