#F2C253#F2C253

#F2C253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C253
RGB	rgb(242, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.7%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, 5.62, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 60.80, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.0112 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.138 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4742, 58.0890, 16.3670)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C253 #5383F2

analogous

#F27253 #F2C253 #D2F253

triadic

#F2C253 #53F2C2 #C253F2

tetradic

#F2C253 #53F272 #5383F2 #F253D2

square

#F2C253 #53F272 #5383F2 #F253D2

split-complementary

#F2C253 #53D2F2 #7253F2

monochromatic

#BC880E #EEAE1A #F2C253 #F6D68C #FBEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#F2C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#F2C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C253

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C253	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad488',
    500: '#f2c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c253;
$custom-light: #fad488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C253

secondary

#2E59BB

accent

#46E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C253

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

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