#FAAE99#FAAE99

#FAAE99 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.095 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE99
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(13, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, 25.28, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 33.50, 41.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0765 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.095 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3126, 52.9002, 37.1649)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE99 #99E5FA

analogous

#FA99B5 #FAAE99 #FADF99

triadic

#FAAE99 #99FAAE #AE99FA

tetradic

#FAAE99 #B5FA99 #99E5FA #DF99FA

square

#FAAE99 #B5FA99 #99E5FA #DF99FA

split-complementary

#FAAE99 #99FADF #99B5FA

monochromatic

#F45124 #F7805F #FAAE99 #FDDCD3 #FEE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FAAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#FAAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE99

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE99	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.095 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6b7',
    500: '#faae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae99;
$custom-light: #fec6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.99,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8183,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE99

secondary

#5DBFDB

accent

#B4E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE99

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

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