#F0C449#F0C449

#F0C449 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.145 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C449
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 85%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 69.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, 3.21, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 64.98, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% 0.0031 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.145 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8809, 58.4897, 14.5957)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C449 #4975F0

analogous

#F07149 #F0C449 #C8F049

triadic

#F0C449 #49F0C4 #C449F0

tetradic

#F0C449 #49F071 #4975F0 #F049C8

square

#F0C449 #49F071 #4975F0 #F049C8

split-complementary

#F0C449 #49C8F0 #7149F0

monochromatic

#B0860F #E9B013 #F0C449 #F5D682 #F9E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F0C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#F0C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C449

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C449	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.145 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d582',
    500: '#f0c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c449;
$custom-light: #f9d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.192,
    "s": 84.772,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83754,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C449

secondary

#2D50B0

accent

#3EE104

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C449

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

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