#FAC179#FAC179

#FAC179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.111 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAC179
RGB	rgb(250, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, 12.15, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 45.52, 74.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% 0.0345 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.111 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9484, 59.8483, 26.3745)
Luminance	0.5984 (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

#FAC179 #79B2FA

analogous

#FA8079 #FAC179 #F3FA79

triadic

#FAC179 #79FAC1 #C179FA

tetradic

#FAC179 #79FA80 #79B2FA #FA79F3

square

#FAC179 #79FA80 #79B2FA #FA79F3

split-complementary

#FAC179 #79F3FA #8079FA

monochromatic

#F08A09 #F8A63E #FAC179 #FCDCB4 #FEF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FAC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#FAC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAC179

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAC179	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fac179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.111 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a1',
    500: '#fac179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fac179;
$custom-light: #ffd3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fac179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84724,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAC179

secondary

#4183D7

accent

#65E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAC179

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

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