#F0A859#F0A859

#F0A859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.128 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F0A859
RGBrgb(240, 168, 89)
HSLhsl(31, 83%, 65%)
HSVhsv(31, 63%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.35, 18.81, 50.58)
CIE-LCHlch(74.35, 53.97, 69.60°)
OKLaboklab(78.59% 0.0508 0.1171)
OKLCHoklch(78.59% 0.128 66.5)
XYZxyz(51.7443, 47.2560, 15.8453)
Luminance0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F0A859 #59A1F0
analogous
#F05D59 #F0A859 #ECF059
triadic
#F0A859 #59F0A8 #A859F0
tetradic
#F0A859 #59F05D #59A1F0 #F059EC
square
#F0A859 #59F05D #59A1F0 #F059EC
split-complementary
#F0A859 #59ECF0 #5D59F0
monochromatic
#BD6B11 #EB8B21 #F0A859 #F5C591 #FAE3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#F0A859 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45
#F0A859 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0A859
10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F0A859#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F0A8591.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AD51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BE5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9796
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f0a859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.128 66.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c28a',
    500: '#f0a859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f0a859;
$custom-light: #f9c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f0a859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.391,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78585,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F0A859
secondary
#B8D1EC
accent
#6EE006
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D

Preview Lab

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#F0A859 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva