#F2BE38#F2BE38

#F2BE38 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.153 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2BE38
RGB	rgb(242, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 88%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 76.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 6.43, 70.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 70.29, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% 0.0104 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.153 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7487, 55.9936, 11.6122)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2BE38 #386CF2

analogous

#F26138 #F2BE38 #C9F238

triadic

#F2BE38 #38F2BE #BE38F2

tetradic

#F2BE38 #38F261 #386CF2 #F238C9

square

#F2BE38 #38F261 #386CF2 #F238C9

split-complementary

#F2BE38 #38C9F2 #6138F2

monochromatic

#A57A0B #DEA40F #F2BE38 #F6D171 #FAE4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#F2BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#F2BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2BE38

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2BE38	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.153 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbd179',
    500: '#f2be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2be38;
$custom-light: #fbd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.226,
    "s": 87.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82662,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2BE38

secondary

#284BA6

accent

#65FE2A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2BE38

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

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