#F0C55E#F0C55E
#F0C55E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.130 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F0C55E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(240, 197, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 83%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 60.8%, 5.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.44, 3.92, 56.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.44, 56.42, 86.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.15% 0.0077 0.13) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.15% 0.13 86.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.9247, 59.2693, 18.9766) |
| Luminance | 0.5927 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.27
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.80
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.57
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.63
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 6.05
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 6.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F0C55E #5E89F0
analogous
#F07C5E #F0C55E #D2F05E
triadic
#F0C55E #5EF0C5 #C55EF0
tetradic
#F0C55E #5EF07C #5E89F0 #F05ED2
square
#F0C55E #5EF07C #5E89F0 #F05ED2
split-complementary
#F0C55E #5ED2F0 #7C5EF0
monochromatic
#C28E12 #EBB126 #F0C55E #F5D996 #FAEDCE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#F0C55E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.85
#F0C55E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F0C55E
12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F0C55E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F0C55E | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.85 | 12.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB6AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f0c55e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 197, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.130 86.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8d68f',
500: '#f0c55e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f0c55e; $custom-light: #f8d68f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f0c55e",
"rgb": {
"r": 240,
"g": 197,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.329,
"s": 82.955,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8415,
"c": 0.1302,
"h": 86.6
},
"luminance": 0.59266
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F0C55E
secondary
#335CBF
accent
#46DF06
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F