#FAAE8E#FAAE8E

#FAAE8E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.100 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE8E
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(18, 92%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 43.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 24.10, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 36.64, 48.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% 0.0722 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.1 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4456, 52.5534, 32.5988)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE8E #8EDAFA

analogous

#FA8EA4 #FAAE8E #FAE48E

triadic

#FAAE8E #8EFAAE #AE8EFA

tetradic

#FAAE8E #A4FA8E #8EDAFA #E48EFA

square

#FAAE8E #A4FA8E #8EDAFA #E48EFA

split-complementary

#FAAE8E #8EFAE4 #8EA4FA

monochromatic

#F55A19 #F78453 #FAAE8E #FDD8C9 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#FAAE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#FAAE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE8E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE8E	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.100 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6af',
    500: '#faae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae8e;
$custom-light: #fec6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 91.525,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81604,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE8E

secondary

#53B1D9

accent

#A1E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F7

border

#D7D2D0

text

#181310

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE8E

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

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