#F0C55F#F0C55F
#F0C55F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.129 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F0C55F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(240, 197, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 83%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 60%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 60.4%, 5.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.45, 3.98, 55.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.45, 55.98, 85.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.16% 0.008 0.1291) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.16% 0.129 86.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.9699, 59.2874, 19.2145) |
| Luminance | 0.5928 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.37
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.87
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.53
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.66
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 6.14
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F0C55F #5F8AF0
analogous
#F07C5F #F0C55F #D2F05F
triadic
#F0C55F #5FF0C5 #C55FF0
tetradic
#F0C55F #5FF07C #5F8AF0 #F05FD2
square
#F0C55F #5FF07C #5F8AF0 #F05FD2
split-complementary
#F0C55F #5FD2F0 #7C5FF0
monochromatic
#C28E12 #EBB127 #F0C55F #F5D997 #FAEECF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#F0C55F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.86
#F0C55F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F0C55F
12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F0C55F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F0C55F | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.86 | 12.86 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.86 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB6AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f0c55f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 197, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.129 86.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8d690',
500: '#f0c55f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f0c55f; $custom-light: #f8d690; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f0c55f",
"rgb": {
"r": 240,
"g": 197,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.207,
"s": 82.857,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84161,
"c": 0.12939,
"h": 86.5
},
"luminance": 0.59284
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F0C55F
secondary
#335DC0
accent
#47DF06
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F