#FAC579#FAC579

#FAC579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.112 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAC579
RGB	rgb(250, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(35, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(35, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, 10.07, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 46.18, 77.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% 0.0283 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.112 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8446, 61.6408, 26.6732)
Luminance	0.6164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAC579 #79AEFA

analogous

#FA8479 #FAC579 #EEFA79

triadic

#FAC579 #79FAC5 #C579FA

tetradic

#FAC579 #79FA84 #79AEFA #FA79EE

square

#FAC579 #79FA84 #79AEFA #FA79EE

split-complementary

#FAC579 #79EEFA #8479FA

monochromatic

#F09109 #F8AB3E #FAC579 #FCDFB4 #FEF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FAC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#FAC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAC579

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAC579	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fac579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.112 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6a1',
    500: '#fac579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fac579;
$custom-light: #ffd6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fac579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.349,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8548,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAC579

secondary

#417ED7

accent

#5EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAC579

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

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