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#FAAA03 — Vivid Orange

#FAAA03 is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #FAAA03 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FAAA03 is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0352FC; it also sits naturally between #FC3003 and #CFFC03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAA03 · RGB 250, 170, 3

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Color values

HEX#FAAA03
RGB250, 170, 3
HSL41°, 98%, 50%
HSV41°, 99%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 99%, 2%
XYZ53.82, 49.08, 6.72
Yxy49.08, 0.4909, 0.4477
CIE-Lab75.50, 19.24, 78.71
Hunter Lab70.06, 18.55, 41.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 99% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FAAA03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAA03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAA03

.text { color: #FAAA03; }
.background { background-color: #FAAA03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAA03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 170, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(41, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAA03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 170, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAA03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 170, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAA03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAA03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAA03

#E39C02#CF8E02#B67D02#A26F02#885E01#6F4C01#5B3E01#422D01#2D1F00#140E00

Tints of #FAAA03

#FDB51C#FDBC30#FDC449#FDCB5D#FED377#FEDB90#FEE2A4#FEEABD#FFF0D2#FFF8EB

Tones of #FAAA03

#EBA714#D9A026#C79A38#B5934A#A38D5C#91866E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0352FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAA03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAA03

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FAAA03: ·

How #FAAA03 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D7D72BDeuteranopia · #DCE235Tritanopia · #F64B52

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind amber 500 · #F59E0BMaterial Orange 500 · #FF9800Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAAA03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 237227
#237227 · #519A66 · #FFAA00 · #FFD786
Palette Fda403
#FDA403 · #E8751A · #898121 · #E5C287
Palette 8aa624
#8AA624 · #DBE4C9 · #FFFFF0 · #FEA405
Palette 59d5e0
#59D5E0 · #F5DD61 · #FAA300 · #F4538A
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette 004225
#004225 · #F5F5DC · #FFB000 · #FFCF9D

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FFAA00#FDA403#FEA405#FAA300#FFAF00#FFB000#F2A900#F9B208#FFB200#F0A500#FF9D00#F59E0B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAA02  ·  #FAAA04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAA03?

#FAAA03 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 170, 3). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAA03?

#FAAA03 is RGB 250, 170, 3 — HSL 41°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 99%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAA03?

Its complement is #0352FC; analogous partners are #FC3003 and #CFFC03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAA03 for text?

Black text on #FAAA03 has a contrast ratio of 10.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.