#FAB42E#FAB42E

#FAB42E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.158 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAB42E
RGB	rgb(250, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 95%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 81.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, 14.71, 72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 73.62, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% 0.0328 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.158 78)
XYZ	xyz(56.2429, 53.1685, 9.8846)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAB42E #2E74FA

analogous

#FA4E2E #FAB42E #DAFA2E

triadic

#FAB42E #2EFAB4 #B42EFA

tetradic

#FAB42E #2EFA4E #2E74FA #FA2EDA

square

#FAB42E #2EFA4E #2E74FA #FA2EDA

split-complementary

#FAB42E #2EDAFA #4E2EFA

monochromatic

#AA7104 #E59905 #FAB42E #FBC96A #FDDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FAB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#FAB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAB42E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAB42E	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB70A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fab42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.158 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffca73',
    500: '#fab42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fab42e;
$custom-light: #ffca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fab42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.412,
    "s": 95.327,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.53164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAB42E

secondary

#2251AA

accent

#72FF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#191309

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAB42E

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

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