#FAB979#FAB979

#FAB979 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.110 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAB979
RGB	rgb(250, 185, 121)
HSL	hsl(30, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(30, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, 16.34, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 44.59, 68.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% 0.0469 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.11 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2275, 56.4066, 25.8008)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAB979 #79BAFA

analogous

#FA797A #FAB979 #FAF979

triadic

#FAB979 #79FAB9 #B979FA

tetradic

#FAB979 #7AFA79 #79BAFA #F979FA

square

#FAB979 #7AFA79 #79BAFA #F979FA

split-complementary

#FAB979 #79FAF9 #797AFA

monochromatic

#F07B09 #F89A3E #FAB979 #FCD8B4 #FEF0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#FAB979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#FAB979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAB979

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAB979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAB979	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fab979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 185, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.110 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcea1',
    500: '#fab979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fab979;
$custom-light: #ffcea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fab979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.767,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83231,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAB979

secondary

#418CD7

accent

#74E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAB979

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

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