#F3C256#F3C256

#F3C256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3C256
RGB	rgb(243, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 64.6%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, 6.22, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 59.71, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0132 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.136 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9368, 58.3139, 17.0064)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3C256 #5687F3

analogous

#F37456 #F3C256 #D5F356

triadic

#F3C256 #56F3C2 #C256F3

tetradic

#F3C256 #56F374 #5687F3 #F356D5

square

#F3C256 #56F374 #5687F3 #F356D5

split-complementary

#F3C256 #56D5F3 #7456F3

monochromatic

#C1890E #EFAD1D #F3C256 #F7D78F #FBEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#F3C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#F3C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3C256

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3C256	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbd48a',
    500: '#f3c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3c256;
$custom-light: #fbd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.274,
    "s": 86.74,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83778,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3C256

secondary

#2F5CBF

accent

#48E302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3C256

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

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