#F0C157#F0C157

#F0C157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C157
RGB	rgb(240, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 63.7%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 5.55, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 58.53, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0116 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.134 85)
XYZ	xyz(56.7285, 57.3569, 17.0980)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C157 #5786F0

analogous

#F07557 #F0C157 #D2F057

triadic

#F0C157 #57F0C1 #C157F0

tetradic

#F0C157 #57F075 #5786F0 #F057D2

square

#F0C157 #57F075 #5786F0 #F057D2

split-complementary

#F0C157 #57D2F0 #7557F0

monochromatic

#BC8711 #EBAC1F #F0C157 #F5D68F #FAEAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#F0C157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#F0C157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C157

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C157	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d38a',
    500: '#f0c157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c157;
$custom-light: #f9d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83295,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.57353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C157

secondary

#315BBA

accent

#49E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C157

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

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