#F0B259#F0B259

#F0B259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0B259
RGB	rgb(240, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 13.53, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 54.98, 75.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0352 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.128 74)
XYZ	xyz(53.6620, 51.0913, 16.4846)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F0B259 #5997F0

analogous

#F06759 #F0B259 #E3F059

triadic

#F0B259 #59F0B2 #B259F0

tetradic

#F0B259 #59F067 #5997F0 #F059E3

square

#F0B259 #59F067 #5997F0 #F059E3

split-complementary

#F0B259 #59E3F0 #6759F0

monochromatic

#BD7711 #EB9821 #F0B259 #F5CC91 #FAE6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#F0B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#F0B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0B259

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0B259	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c88b',
    500: '#f0b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0b259;
$custom-light: #f9c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.364,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80443,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.51087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0B259

secondary

#316ABC

accent

#5FE006

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0B259

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

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