#F2C559#F2C559

#F2C559 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C559
RGB	rgb(242, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 4.42, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 58.92, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% 0.0084 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.135 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3904, 59.5346, 17.8651)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C559 #5986F2

analogous

#F27959 #F2C559 #D2F259

triadic

#F2C559 #59F2C5 #C559F2

tetradic

#F2C559 #59F279 #5986F2 #F259D2

square

#F2C559 #59F279 #5986F2 #F259D2

split-complementary

#F2C559 #59D2F2 #7959F2

monochromatic

#C18D0F #EEB120 #F2C559 #F6D992 #FBEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F2C559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#F2C559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C559

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C559	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad68c',
    500: '#f2c559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c559;
$custom-light: #fad68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84293,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C559

secondary

#305ABF

accent

#45E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C559

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

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