#F2AE3B#F2AE3B

#F2AE3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2AE3B
RGB	rgb(242, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 88%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 14.93, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 66.95, 77.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0353 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.147 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5471, 49.4695, 10.9179)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2AE3B #3B7FF2

analogous

#F2533B #F2AE3B #DBF23B

triadic

#F2AE3B #3BF2AE #AE3BF2

tetradic

#F2AE3B #3BF253 #3B7FF2 #F23BDB

square

#F2AE3B #3BF253 #3B7FF2 #F23BDB

split-complementary

#F2AE3B #3BDBF2 #533BF2

monochromatic

#A76D0B #E1930F #F2AE3B #F6C674 #FADDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#F2AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#F2AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2AE3B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2AE3B	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)

#C7B129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcc679',
    500: '#f2ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ae3b;
$custom-light: #fcc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.705,
    "s": 87.56,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2AE3B

secondary

#A0BBE8

accent

#79FE2A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#191209

muted

#87817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2AE3B

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

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