#F4C255#F4C255

#F4C255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.137 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C255
RGB	rgb(244, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 65.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, 6.57, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 60.31, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% 0.014 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.137 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2430, 58.4763, 16.8120)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C255 #5587F4

analogous

#F47355 #F4C255 #D7F455

triadic

#F4C255 #55F4C2 #C255F4

tetradic

#F4C255 #55F473 #5587F4 #F455D7

square

#F4C255 #55F473 #5587F4 #F455D7

split-complementary

#F4C255 #55D7F4 #7355F4

monochromatic

#C2890D #F0AD1C #F4C255 #F8D78E #FBEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F4C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#F4C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C255

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C255	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.137 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd489',
    500: '#f4c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c255;
$custom-light: #fcd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.132,
    "s": 87.845,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83869,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C255

secondary

#2E5CC0

accent

#49E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C255

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

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