#F2C462#F2C462

#F2C462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C462
RGB	rgb(242, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 85%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 59.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 5.54, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 54.75, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% 0.0128 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.127 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5654, 59.2425, 19.9031)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C462 #6290F2

analogous

#F27C62 #F2C462 #D8F262

triadic

#F2C462 #62F2C4 #C462F2

tetradic

#F2C462 #62F27C #6290F2 #F262D8

square

#F2C462 #62F27C #6290F2 #F262D8

split-complementary

#F2C462 #62D8F2 #7C62F2

monochromatic

#C98E11 #EDAF29 #F2C462 #F7D99B #FBEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F2C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#F2C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C462

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C462	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad592',
    500: '#f2c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c462;
$custom-light: #fad592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 84.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84195,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C462

secondary

#3362C6

accent

#4BE104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C462

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

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