#F0C45F#F0C45F
#F0C45F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.129 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F0C45F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(240, 196, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 83%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 60%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 60.4%, 5.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.20, 4.50, 55.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.20, 55.74, 85.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.97% 0.0095 0.1285) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.97% 0.129 85.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7435, 58.8348, 19.1391) |
| Luminance | 0.5883 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.76
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.27
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.40
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.76
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 6.19
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F0C45F #5F8BF0
analogous
#F07B5F #F0C45F #D3F05F
triadic
#F0C45F #5FF0C4 #C45FF0
tetradic
#F0C45F #5FF07B #5F8BF0 #F05FD3
square
#F0C45F #5FF07B #5F8BF0 #F05FD3
split-complementary
#F0C45F #5FD3F0 #7B5FF0
monochromatic
#C28D12 #EBAF27 #F0C45F #F5D997 #FAEDCF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#F0C45F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.77
#F0C45F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F0C45F
12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F0C45F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F0C45F | 1.00 | 1.64 | 12.77 | 12.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C355
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB5AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f0c45f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.129 85.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8d590',
500: '#f0c45f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f0c45f; $custom-light: #f8d590; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f0c45f",
"rgb": {
"r": 240,
"g": 196,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.793,
"s": 82.857,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83965,
"c": 0.12888,
"h": 85.8
},
"luminance": 0.58831
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F0C45F
secondary
#335EC0
accent
#48DF06
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F