#F2C257#F2C257

#F2C257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.135 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C257
RGB	rgb(242, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, 5.86, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 59.10, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% 0.0123 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.135 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6332, 58.1526, 17.2040)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C257 #5787F2

analogous

#F27557 #F2C257 #D5F257

triadic

#F2C257 #57F2C2 #C257F2

tetradic

#F2C257 #57F275 #5787F2 #F257D5

square

#F2C257 #57F275 #5787F2 #F257D5

split-complementary

#F2C257 #57D5F2 #7557F2

monochromatic

#C0890F #EEAD1E #F2C257 #F6D790 #FBEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#F2C257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#F2C257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C257

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C257	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)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.135 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad48a',
    500: '#f2c257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c257;
$custom-light: #fad48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83689,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C257

secondary

#305CBE

accent

#48E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C257

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

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