#F0C556#F0C556

#F0C556 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.136 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C556
RGB	rgb(240, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 64.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, 3.41, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 59.89, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% 0.0052 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.136 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5841, 59.1331, 17.1831)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C556 #5681F0

analogous

#F07856 #F0C556 #CEF056

triadic

#F0C556 #56F0C5 #C556F0

tetradic

#F0C556 #56F078 #5681F0 #F056CE

square

#F0C556 #56F078 #5681F0 #F056CE

split-complementary

#F0C556 #56CEF0 #7856F0

monochromatic

#BB8B11 #EBB21E #F0C556 #F5D88E #FAECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F0C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#F0C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C556

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C556	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.136 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d68a',
    500: '#f0c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c556;
$custom-light: #f9d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84067,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C556

secondary

#3057BA

accent

#42E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C556

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

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