#F0AE59#F0AE59

#F0AE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.127 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0AE59
RGB	rgb(240, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 15.64, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 54.50, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0414 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.127 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8777, 49.5227, 16.2231)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0AE59 #599BF0

analogous

#F06359 #F0AE59 #E6F059

triadic

#F0AE59 #59F0AE #AE59F0

tetradic

#F0AE59 #59F063 #599BF0 #F059E6

square

#F0AE59 #59F063 #599BF0 #F059E6

split-complementary

#F0AE59 #59E6F0 #6359F0

monochromatic

#BD7211 #EB9321 #F0AE59 #F5C991 #FAE5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#F0AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#F0AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0AE59

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0AE59	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.127 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c68b',
    500: '#f0ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ae59;
$custom-light: #f9c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.775,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79694,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0AE59

secondary

#B8CFEC

accent

#65E006

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0AE59

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

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