#F2C456#F2C456

#F2C456 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.137 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C456
RGB	rgb(242, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, 4.76, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 59.98, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% 0.009 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.137 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0407, 59.0326, 17.1397)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C456 #5684F2

analogous

#F27656 #F2C456 #D2F256

triadic

#F2C456 #56F2C4 #C456F2

tetradic

#F2C456 #56F276 #5684F2 #F256D2

square

#F2C456 #56F276 #5684F2 #F256D2

split-complementary

#F2C456 #56D2F2 #7656F2

monochromatic

#BF8B0F #EEB01D #F2C456 #F6D88F #FBECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F2C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#F2C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C456

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C456	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.137 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad58a',
    500: '#f2c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c456;
$custom-light: #fad58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84068,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C456

secondary

#2F59BD

accent

#45E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C456

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

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