#F0C462#F0C462

#F0C462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.126 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C462
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 59.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 4.71, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 54.40, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84% 0.0105 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.126 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8825, 58.8904, 19.8711)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C462 #628EF0

analogous

#F07D62 #F0C462 #D5F062

triadic

#F0C462 #62F0C4 #C462F0

tetradic

#F0C462 #62F07D #628EF0 #F062D5

square

#F0C462 #62F07D #628EF0 #F062D5

split-complementary

#F0C462 #62D5F0 #7D62F0

monochromatic

#C58E13 #EBAF2A #F0C462 #F5D99A #FBEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F0C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#F0C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C462

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C462	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.126 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d592',
    500: '#f0c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c462;
$custom-light: #f8d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 82.558,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83999,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C462

secondary

#3460C2

accent

#4ADF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C462

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

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