#FAAF59#FAAF59

#FAAF59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAF59
RGB	rgb(250, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 19.24, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 57.33, 70.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0513 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.134 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5612, 51.7099, 16.4513)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAF59 #59A4FA

analogous

#FA5F59 #FAAF59 #F4FA59

triadic

#FAAF59 #59FAAF #AF59FA

tetradic

#FAAF59 #59FA5F #59A4FA #FA59F4

square

#FAAF59 #59FA5F #59A4FA #FA59F4

split-complementary

#FAAF59 #59F4FA #5F59FA

monochromatic

#D27306 #F8921E #FAAF59 #FCCC94 #FEE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FAAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#FAAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAF59

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAF59	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc78b',
    500: '#faaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faaf59;
$custom-light: #ffc78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.05,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80974,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAF59

secondary

#2A76CD

accent

#6BE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAF59

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

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