#F0C459#F0C459

#F0C459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C459
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, 4.11, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 58.36, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0076 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.134 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4813, 58.7299, 17.7576)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C459 #5985F0

analogous

#F07959 #F0C459 #D0F059

triadic

#F0C459 #59F0C4 #C459F0

tetradic

#F0C459 #59F079 #5985F0 #F059D0

square

#F0C459 #59F079 #5985F0 #F059D0

split-complementary

#F0C459 #59D0F0 #7959F0

monochromatic

#BD8B11 #EBB021 #F0C459 #F5D891 #FAECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F0C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#F0C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C459

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C459	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d58c',
    500: '#f0c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c459;
$custom-light: #f9d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83901,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C459

secondary

#315ABC

accent

#45E006

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C459

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

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