#F2AE36#F2AE36

#F2AE36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.150 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2AE36
RGB	rgb(242, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 88%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 77.7%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, 14.74, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 68.69, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0342 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.15 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4236, 49.4200, 10.2673)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2AE36 #367AF2

analogous

#F25036 #F2AE36 #D8F236

triadic

#F2AE36 #36F2AE #AE36F2

tetradic

#F2AE36 #36F250 #367AF2 #F236D8

square

#F2AE36 #36F250 #367AF2 #F236D8

split-complementary

#F2AE36 #36D8F2 #5036F2

monochromatic

#A36C0B #DD920E #F2AE36 #F6C56F #F9DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#F2AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#F2AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2AE36

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2AE36	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.150 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcc676',
    500: '#f2ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ae36;
$custom-light: #fcc676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 87.85,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79602,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2AE36

secondary

#9CB8E7

accent

#77FE2A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#191209

muted

#87817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2AE36

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