#F0C257#F0C257

#F0C257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C257
RGB	rgb(240, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 63.7%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 5.03, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 58.76, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% 0.0101 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.134 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.9503, 57.8005, 17.1720)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C257 #5785F0

analogous

#F07657 #F0C257 #D2F057

triadic

#F0C257 #57F0C2 #C257F0

tetradic

#F0C257 #57F076 #5785F0 #F057D2

square

#F0C257 #57F076 #5785F0 #F057D2

split-complementary

#F0C257 #57D2F0 #7657F0

monochromatic

#BC8811 #EBAE1F #F0C257 #F5D68F #FAEBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#F0C257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#F0C257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C257

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C257	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d48a',
    500: '#f0c257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c257;
$custom-light: #f9d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8349,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C257

secondary

#315ABA

accent

#47E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C257

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

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