#FAAE79#FAAE79

#FAAE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE79
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(25, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 22.11, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 44.17, 59.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0641 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.113 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.0148, 51.9810, 25.0633)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE79 #79C5FA

analogous

#FA7984 #FAAE79 #FAEE79

triadic

#FAAE79 #79FAAE #AE79FA

tetradic

#FAAE79 #84FA79 #79C5FA #EE79FA

square

#FAAE79 #84FA79 #79C5FA #EE79FA

split-complementary

#FAAE79 #79FAEE #7984FA

monochromatic

#F06809 #F88A3E #FAAE79 #FCD2B4 #FEEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FAAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#FAAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE79

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE79	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6a0',
    500: '#faae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae79;
$custom-light: #ffc6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.651,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81228,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE79

secondary

#4199D7

accent

#87E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE79

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

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