#F0C456#F0C456

#F0C456 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C456
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 64.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 3.93, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 59.65, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% 0.0067 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.136 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3578, 58.6805, 17.1077)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C456 #5682F0

analogous

#F07756 #F0C456 #CFF056

triadic

#F0C456 #56F0C4 #C456F0

tetradic

#F0C456 #56F077 #5682F0 #F056CF

square

#F0C456 #56F077 #5682F0 #F056CF

split-complementary

#F0C456 #56CFF0 #7756F0

monochromatic

#BB8A11 #EBB01E #F0C456 #F5D88E #FAEBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F0C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#F0C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C456

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C456	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d58a',
    500: '#f0c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c456;
$custom-light: #f9d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83871,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C456

secondary

#3058BA

accent

#44E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C456

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

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