#F0C255#F0C255

#F0C255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C255
RGB	rgb(240, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, 4.90, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 59.61, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% 0.0094 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.136 86)
XYZ	xyz(56.8697, 57.7683, 16.7476)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C255 #5583F0

analogous

#F07455 #F0C255 #D0F055

triadic

#F0C255 #55F0C2 #C255F0

tetradic

#F0C255 #55F074 #5583F0 #F055D0

square

#F0C255 #55F074 #5583F0 #F055D0

split-complementary

#F0C255 #55D0F0 #7455F0

monochromatic

#BA8810 #EBAE1D #F0C255 #F5D68D #FAEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#F0C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#F0C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C255

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C255	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d489',
    500: '#f0c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c255;
$custom-light: #f9d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8347,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.57765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C255

secondary

#3059B9

accent

#46E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C255

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

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