#F2C256#F2C256

#F2C256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.136 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C256
RGB	rgb(242, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 64.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 5.80, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 59.53, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.012 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.136 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5926, 58.1364, 16.9903)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C256 #5686F2

analogous

#F27456 #F2C256 #D4F256

triadic

#F2C256 #56F2C2 #C256F2

tetradic

#F2C256 #56F274 #5686F2 #F256D4

square

#F2C256 #56F274 #5686F2 #F256D4

split-complementary

#F2C256 #56D4F2 #7456F2

monochromatic

#BF890F #EEAD1D #F2C256 #F6D78F #FBEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#F2C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#F2C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C256

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C256	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.136 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad48a',
    500: '#f2c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c256;
$custom-light: #fad48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83679,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C256

secondary

#2F5BBD

accent

#48E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C256

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

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