#F2B257#F2B257

#F2B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.130 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2B257
RGB	rgb(242, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 14.24, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 56.33, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% 0.0368 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.13 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2620, 51.4103, 16.0803)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F2B257 #5797F2

analogous

#F26557 #F2B257 #E4F257

triadic

#F2B257 #57F2B2 #B257F2

tetradic

#F2B257 #57F265 #5797F2 #F257E4

square

#F2B257 #57F265 #5797F2 #F257E4

split-complementary

#F2B257 #57E4F2 #6557F2

monochromatic

#C0770F #EE981E #F2B257 #F6CC90 #FBE6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#F2B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#F2B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2B257

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2B257	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.130 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fac88a',
    500: '#f2b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2b257;
$custom-light: #fac88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.226,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80634,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2B257

secondary

#306ABE

accent

#5FE203

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2B257

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

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