#F0B559#F0B559

#F0B559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.128 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0B559
RGB	rgb(240, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 11.95, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 55.41, 77.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0305 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.128 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2654, 52.2982, 16.6857)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F0B559 #5994F0

analogous

#F06A59 #F0B559 #E0F059

triadic

#F0B559 #59F0B5 #B559F0

tetradic

#F0B559 #59F06A #5994F0 #F059E0

square

#F0B559 #59F06A #5994F0 #F059E0

split-complementary

#F0B559 #59E0F0 #6A59F0

monochromatic

#BD7A11 #EB9C21 #F0B559 #F5CE91 #FAE7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#F0B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#F0B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0B559

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0B559	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.128 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9cb8b',
    500: '#f0b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0b559;
$custom-light: #f9cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0B559

secondary

#3167BC

accent

#5BE006

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0B559

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

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