#F2C557#F2C557

#F2C557 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C557
RGB	rgb(242, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, 4.30, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 59.78, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% 0.0078 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.136 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3076, 59.5014, 17.4288)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C557 #5784F2

analogous

#F27857 #F2C557 #D1F257

triadic

#F2C557 #57F2C5 #C557F2

tetradic

#F2C557 #57F278 #5784F2 #F257D1

square

#F2C557 #57F278 #5784F2 #F257D1

split-complementary

#F2C557 #57D1F2 #7857F2

monochromatic

#C08C0F #EEB11E #F2C557 #F6D990 #FBECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F2C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#F2C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C557

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C557	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad68b',
    500: '#f2c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c557;
$custom-light: #fad68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84273,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C557

secondary

#3059BE

accent

#44E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C557

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

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