#F0AE40#F0AE40

#F0AE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.144 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0AE40
RGB	rgb(240, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 85%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 73.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 14.29, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 64.64, 77.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.0341 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.144 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0002, 49.1717, 11.6019)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0AE40 #4082F0

analogous

#F05640 #F0AE40 #DAF040

triadic

#F0AE40 #40F0AE #AE40F0

tetradic

#F0AE40 #40F056 #4082F0 #F040DA

square

#F0AE40 #40F056 #4082F0 #F040DA

split-complementary

#F0AE40 #40DAF0 #5640F0

monochromatic

#A86E0D #E19312 #F0AE40 #F4C679 #F9DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#F0AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#F0AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0AE40

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0AE40	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.144 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fac67b',
    500: '#f0ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ae40;
$custom-light: #fac67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 85.437,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79454,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0AE40

secondary

#A4BDE8

accent

#7AFC2C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0AE40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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