#FAA380

Closest named color: Light Salmon (#FFA07A). oklch(79.4% 0.114 42.6), rgb(250, 163, 128).

Black text reads best on this color (10.61:1).

About this color

#FAA380 is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.114 and its hue 43°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Light Salmon (#FFA07A), ΔE 0.010 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.61:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	light (79%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.114)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Light Salmon (#FFA07A)
Black text	10.61:1
White text	1.97:1

Values

HEX	#FAA380
RGB	rgb(250, 163, 128)
HSL	hsl(17, 92%, 74%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.114 42.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #FAA380	1.97:1	Fails	Lc -42.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #FAA380	10.61:1	AAA	Lc 65.9	Content text, not long reading
#FAA380 text on white	1.97:1	Fails	Lc 38.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#FAA380 text on black	10.61:1	AAA	Lc -64.4	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#FFF2EE

oklch(97% 0.015 37.9)
Step 100
100

#FEE3D9

oklch(93.5% 0.033 41.5)
Step 200
200

#FFCCB8

oklch(88.5% 0.064 42.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#FAA380

oklch(79.4% 0.114 42.6)
Step 400
400

#FB7233

oklch(70.8% 0.183 42.7)
Step 500
500

#E25700

oklch(63.2% 0.188 42.6)
Step 600
600

#BF4800

oklch(55.7% 0.166 42.5)
Step 700
700

#A13C00

oklch(49.1% 0.146 42.8)
Step 800
800

#853000

oklch(42.7% 0.127 42.7)
Step 900
900

#702700

oklch(37.7% 0.113 42.6)
Step 950
950

#451500

oklch(27% 0.081 42.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#FAA380 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#B9AD7D	0.103
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#CEC07F	0.096
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#FF949A	0.058
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B8B8B8	0.115