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#FAAA05 — Vivid Orange

#FAAA05 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 #FAAA05 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.

#FAAA05 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 #0557FA; it also sits naturally between #FA2E05 and #D1FA05. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAA05 · RGB 250, 170, 5

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Color values

HEX#FAAA05
RGB250, 170, 5
HSL40°, 96%, 50%
HSV40°, 98%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 98%, 2%
XYZ53.83, 49.08, 6.78
Yxy49.08, 0.4907, 0.4475
CIE-Lab75.50, 19.26, 78.49
Hunter Lab70.06, 18.57, 41.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 98% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAAA05 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAA05 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAA05

.text { color: #FAAA05; }
.background { background-color: #FAAA05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAA05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 170, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(40, 96%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAA05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 170, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAA05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 170, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAA05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAA05">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAA05

#E19705#CD8A04#B47904#A06C03#875B03#6E4A02#5A3D02#412C01#2D1E01#140D00

Tints of #FAAA05

#FAB11E#FBB832#FBC14B#FCC85F#FCD078#FDD991#FDE0A5#FEE8BE#FEEFD2#FFF8EB

Tones of #FAAA05

#E8A217#D79D28#C69739#B4914B#A28B5D#91856E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0557FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #FAAA05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAA05

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 #FAAA05: ·

How #FAAA05 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D72DDeuteranopia · #DCE237Tritanopia · #F64C53

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 · #F59E0BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Orange 500 · #FF9800

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAAA05 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fda403
#FDA403 · #E8751A · #898121 · #E5C287
Palette 237227
#237227 · #519A66 · #FFAA00 · #FFD786
Palette 8aa624
#8AA624 · #DBE4C9 · #FFFFF0 · #FEA405
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette 59d5e0
#59D5E0 · #F5DD61 · #FAA300 · #F4538A
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAA04  ·  #FAAA06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAA05?

#FAAA05 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 170, 5). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAA05?

#FAAA05 is RGB 250, 170, 5 — HSL 40°, 96%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 98%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAA05?

Its complement is #0557FA; analogous partners are #FA2E05 and #D1FA05. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAA05 for text?

Black text on #FAAA05 has a contrast ratio of 10.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.