#FAAF57#FAAF57

#FAAF57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.136 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAF57
RGB	rgb(250, 175, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 19.12, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 58.15, 70.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0507 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.136 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4784, 51.6767, 16.0150)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAF57 #57A2FA

analogous

#FA5D57 #FAAF57 #F3FA57

triadic

#FAAF57 #57FAAF #AF57FA

tetradic

#FAAF57 #57FA5D #57A2FA #FA57F3

square

#FAAF57 #57FA5D #57A2FA #FA57F3

split-complementary

#FAAF57 #57F3FA #5D57FA

monochromatic

#D07306 #F8931C #FAAF57 #FCCB92 #FEE8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FAAF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#FAAF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAF57

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAF57	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faaf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 175, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.136 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc689',
    500: '#faaf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faaf57;
$custom-light: #ffc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faaf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.393,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80952,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAF57

secondary

#2A74CB

accent

#6AE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAF57

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

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