#F2C459#F2C459

#F2C459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.134 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C459
RGB	rgb(242, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 4.94, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 58.69, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% 0.0099 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.134 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1641, 59.0820, 17.7897)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C459 #5987F2

analogous

#F27859 #F2C459 #D3F259

triadic

#F2C459 #59F2C4 #C459F2

tetradic

#F2C459 #59F278 #5987F2 #F259D3

square

#F2C459 #59F278 #5987F2 #F259D3

split-complementary

#F2C459 #59D3F2 #7859F2

monochromatic

#C18C0F #EEB020 #F2C459 #F6D892 #FBECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F2C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#F2C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C459

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C459	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.134 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad58c',
    500: '#f2c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c459;
$custom-light: #fad58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84098,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C459

secondary

#305BBF

accent

#46E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C459

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

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