#F0B257#F0B257

#F0B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0B257
RGB	rgb(240, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 63.7%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, 13.41, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 55.84, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0345 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.129 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5791, 51.0582, 16.0482)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0B257 #5795F0

analogous

#F06657 #F0B257 #E2F057

triadic

#F0B257 #57F0B2 #B257F0

tetradic

#F0B257 #57F066 #5795F0 #F057E2

square

#F0B257 #57F066 #5795F0 #F057E2

split-complementary

#F0B257 #57E2F0 #6657F0

monochromatic

#BC7711 #EB981F #F0B257 #F5CC8F #FAE6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#F0B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#F0B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0B257

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0B257	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c889',
    500: '#f0b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0b257;
$custom-light: #f9c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.686,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0B257

secondary

#3169BA

accent

#5EE005

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0B257

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

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