#F2AE57#F2AE57
#F2AE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F2AE57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(242, 174, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 86%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 64%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 64%, 5.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.97, 16.35, 53.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.97, 55.88, 72.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.89% 0.0431 0.1229) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.89% 0.13 70.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.4777, 49.8417, 15.8188) |
| Luminance | 0.4984 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 2.91
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.16
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.01
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.47
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.66
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F2AE57 #579BF2
analogous
#F26157 #F2AE57 #E9F257
triadic
#F2AE57 #57F2AE #AE57F2
tetradic
#F2AE57 #57F261 #579BF2 #F257E9
square
#F2AE57 #57F261 #579BF2 #F257E9
split-complementary
#F2AE57 #57E9F2 #6157F2
monochromatic
#C0720F #EE931E #F2AE57 #F6C990 #FBE5C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#F2AE57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.97
#F2AE57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F2AE57
10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F2AE57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F2AE57 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.97 | 10.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B24E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C259
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9D9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f2ae57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 174, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 70.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fbc689',
500: '#f2ae57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f2ae57; $custom-light: #fbc689; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f2ae57",
"rgb": {
"r": 242,
"g": 174,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.677,
"s": 85.635,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79889,
"c": 0.13019,
"h": 70.7
},
"luminance": 0.49837
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F2AE57
secondary
#B8CFED
accent
#65E203
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#18130C
muted
#86827D