#F2AE39#F2AE39

#F2AE39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.148 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2AE39
RGB	rgb(242, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 88%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 76.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 14.85, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 67.66, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0348 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.148 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4963, 49.4491, 10.6499)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2AE39 #397DF2

analogous

#F25139 #F2AE39 #D9F239

triadic

#F2AE39 #39F2AE #AE39F2

tetradic

#F2AE39 #39F251 #397DF2 #F239D9

square

#F2AE39 #39F251 #397DF2 #F239D9

split-complementary

#F2AE39 #39D9F2 #5139F2

monochromatic

#A66D0B #DF930F #F2AE39 #F6C572 #FADDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#F2AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#F2AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2AE39

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2AE39	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.148 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcc678',
    500: '#f2ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ae39;
$custom-light: #fcc678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.946,
    "s": 87.678,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79622,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2AE39

secondary

#9FBAE8

accent

#78FE2A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#191209

muted

#87817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2AE39

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

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