#F3A857#F3A857
#F3A857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.131 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F3A857 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(243, 168, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 87%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 64%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 64.2%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.67, 19.92, 51.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.67, 55.68, 69.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.9% 0.0536 0.1197) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.9% 0.131 65.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.6886, 47.7525, 15.4572) |
| Luminance | 0.4775 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 2.72
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.05
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.52
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.04
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.67
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F3A857 #57A2F3
analogous
#F35A57 #F3A857 #F0F357
triadic
#F3A857 #57F3A8 #A857F3
tetradic
#F3A857 #57F35A #57A2F3 #F357F0
square
#F3A857 #57F35A #57A2F3 #F357F0
split-complementary
#F3A857 #57F0F3 #5A57F3
monochromatic
#C26B0E #EF8A1E #F3A857 #F7C690 #FBE3C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#F3A857 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.55
#F3A857 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F3A857
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F3A857 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F3A857 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.55 | 10.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AD4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BF58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9796
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f3a857; /* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 168, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.131 65.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcc289',
500: '#f3a857',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f3a857; $custom-light: #fcc289; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f3a857",
"rgb": {
"r": 243,
"g": 168,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.154,
"s": 86.667,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78898,
"c": 0.13118,
"h": 65.9
},
"luminance": 0.47748
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F3A857
secondary
#B8D2EE
accent
#6EE302
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D