#FAC979#FAC979

#FAC979 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.113 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAC979
RGB	rgb(250, 201, 121)
HSL	hsl(37, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, 7.99, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 46.95, 80.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% 0.0222 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.113 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7650, 63.4815, 26.9800)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAC979 #79AAFA

analogous

#FA8879 #FAC979 #EBFA79

triadic

#FAC979 #79FAC9 #C979FA

tetradic

#FAC979 #79FA88 #79AAFA #FA79EB

square

#FAC979 #79FA88 #79AAFA #FA79EB

split-complementary

#FAC979 #79EBFA #8879FA

monochromatic

#F09809 #F8B13E #FAC979 #FCE1B4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FAC979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#FAC979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAC979

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAC979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAC979	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fac979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 201, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.113 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a1',
    500: '#fac979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fac979;
$custom-light: #ffd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fac979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.209,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86243,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAC979

secondary

#417AD7

accent

#57E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAC979

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

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