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#FAAA45 — Vivid Orange

#FAAA45 is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #FAAA45 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.

#FAAA45 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 #4798FA; it also sits naturally between #FA5047 and #F1FA47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAA45 · RGB 250, 170, 69

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Color values

HEX#FAAA45
RGB250, 170, 69
HSL33°, 95%, 63%
HSV33°, 72%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 72%, 2%
XYZ54.87, 49.50, 12.29
Yxy49.50, 0.4703, 0.4243
CIE-Lab75.76, 20.80, 61.55
Hunter Lab70.36, 20.16, 36.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 72% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAAA45 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAA45 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAA45

.text { color: #FAAA45; }
.background { background-color: #FAAA45; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAA45; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 170, 69); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(33, 95%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAA45; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 170, 69, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAA45; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 170, 69, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAA45">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAA45">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAA45

#FA9C29#F98E0B#E07E06#C26D05#A95F04#8B4E04#6D3D03#502D02#321C01#140B01

Tints of #FAAA45

#FBB156#FBBA6A#FCC179#FCC888#FCD19C#FDD8AA#FDDFB9#FEE6C8#FEEFDC#FEF6EB

Tones of #FAAA45

#EDA854#E1A760#D4A66E#C7A57A#BAA387#AEA293

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4798FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAA45: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAA45

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 #FAAA45: ·

How #FAAA45 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D75DDeuteranopia · #DCE263Tritanopia · #F67175

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAAA45 rather than the exact color:

Frozen Mosaic
#8D4B1E · #E47325 · #F6AC41 · #FCED83
Tranquil Ruby Drift
#132D0E · #F8B046 · #9B2AF7 · #F8D64B
Rustic Ruby Aurora
#05181E · #76FD17 · #FA213C · #FBB043
Palette Ffaf45
#FFAF45 · #FB6D48 · #D74B76 · #673F69
Palette F28585
#F28585 · #FFA447 · #FFFC9B · #B7E5B4
Palette 7ebdb4
#7EBDB4 · #F6D198 · #F4A548 · #862A5C

Similar colors

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

#F6AC41#F8B046#FBB043#FFAF45#FFA447#F4A548#FAAD4E#F7B349#FFA240#FCA63B#F4B342#FBB14E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAA44  ·  #FAAA46 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAA45?

#FAAA45 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 170, 69). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAA45?

#FAAA45 is RGB 250, 170, 69 — HSL 33°, 95%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 72%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAA45?

Its complement is #4798FA; analogous partners are #FA5047 and #F1FA47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAA45 for text?

Black text on #FAAA45 has a contrast ratio of 10.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.