#FACA57#FACA57

#FACA57 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.141 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FACA57
RGB	rgb(250, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, 5.04, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 62.24, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% 0.0095 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.141 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2686, 63.2571, 17.9451)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FACA57 #5787FA

analogous

#FA7857 #FACA57 #D9FA57

triadic

#FACA57 #57FACA #CA57FA

tetradic

#FACA57 #57FA78 #5787FA #FA57D9

square

#FACA57 #57FA78 #5787FA #FA57D9

split-complementary

#FACA57 #57D9FA #7857FA

monochromatic

#D09506 #F8B71C #FACA57 #FCDD92 #FEEFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FACA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#FACA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FACA57

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FACA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FACA57	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.141 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98b',
    500: '#faca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faca57;
$custom-light: #ffd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.331,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86033,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FACA57

secondary

#2A59CB

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FACA57

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

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