#FACA59#FACA59

#FACA59 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.140 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FACA59
RGB	rgb(250, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, 5.16, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 61.40, 85.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% 0.0101 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.14 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3514, 63.2902, 18.3814)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FACA59 #5989FA

analogous

#FA7A59 #FACA59 #D9FA59

triadic

#FACA59 #59FACA #CA59FA

tetradic

#FACA59 #59FA7A #5989FA #FA59D9

square

#FACA59 #59FA7A #5989FA #FA59D9

split-complementary

#FACA59 #59D9FA #7A59FA

monochromatic

#D29506 #F8B71E #FACA59 #FCDD94 #FEF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FACA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#FACA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FACA59

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FACA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FACA59	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.140 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98c',
    500: '#faca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faca59;
$custom-light: #ffd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.112,
    "s": 94.152,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86053,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FACA59

secondary

#2A5BCD

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FACA59

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

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