#F4B257#F4B257

#F4B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.132 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4B257
RGB	rgb(244, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 64.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 15.07, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 56.83, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0391 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.132 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9524, 51.7662, 16.1126)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4B257 #5799F4

analogous

#F46457 #F4B257 #E7F457

triadic

#F4B257 #57F4B2 #B257F4

tetradic

#F4B257 #57F464 #5799F4 #F457E7

square

#F4B257 #57F464 #5799F4 #F457E7

split-complementary

#F4B257 #57E7F4 #6457F4

monochromatic

#C4770D #F0981E #F4B257 #F8CC90 #FCE7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#F4B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#F4B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4B257

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4B257	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.132 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcc98a',
    500: '#f4b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4b257;
$custom-light: #fcc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.777,
    "s": 87.709,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80849,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4B257

secondary

#2E6CC1

accent

#61E401

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4B257

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

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