#F0C460#F0C460

#F0C460 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.128 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C460
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 60%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, 4.57, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 55.29, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% 0.0099 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.128 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7893, 58.8531, 19.3800)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C460 #608CF0

analogous

#F07C60 #F0C460 #D4F060

triadic

#F0C460 #60F0C4 #C460F0

tetradic

#F0C460 #60F07C #608CF0 #F060D4

square

#F0C460 #60F07C #608CF0 #F060D4

split-complementary

#F0C460 #60D4F0 #7C60F0

monochromatic

#C38D12 #EBAF28 #F0C460 #F5D998 #FBEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F0C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#F0C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C460

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C460	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)

#D8C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.128 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d590',
    500: '#f0c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c460;
$custom-light: #f8d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 82.759,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83976,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C460

secondary

#335FC1

accent

#49DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C460

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

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