#F0C253#F0C253

#F0C253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C253
RGB	rgb(240, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 65.4%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, 4.79, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 60.46, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% 0.0089 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.137 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.7914, 57.7369, 16.3350)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C253 #5381F0

analogous

#F07353 #F0C253 #D0F053

triadic

#F0C253 #53F0C2 #C253F0

tetradic

#F0C253 #53F073 #5381F0 #F053D0

square

#F0C253 #53F073 #5381F0 #F053D0

split-complementary

#F0C253 #53D0F0 #7353F0

monochromatic

#B98710 #EBAE1B #F0C253 #F5D68B #FAEAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#F0C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#F0C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C253

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C253	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d488',
    500: '#f0c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c253;
$custom-light: #f9d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8345,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C253

secondary

#3057B8

accent

#45E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C253

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

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