#FAAF61#FAAF61

#FAAF61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.129 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAF61
RGB	rgb(250, 175, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 19.75, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 54.01, 68.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0539 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.129 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9156, 51.8516, 18.3177)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAF61 #61ACFA

analogous

#FA6261 #FAAF61 #F9FA61

triadic

#FAAF61 #61FAAF #AF61FA

tetradic

#FAAF61 #61FA62 #61ACFA #FA61F9

square

#FAAF61 #61FA62 #61ACFA #FA61F9

split-complementary

#FAAF61 #61F9FA #6261FA

monochromatic

#DA7207 #F89126 #FAAF61 #FCCD9C #FEEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FAAF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#FAAF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAF61

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAF61	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faaf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 175, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.129 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc790',
    500: '#faaf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faaf61;
$custom-light: #ffc790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faaf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.588,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81068,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAF61

secondary

#2C7ED3

accent

#71E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAF61

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

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