#F4C256#F4C256

#F4C256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C256
RGB	rgb(244, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 64.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, 6.63, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 59.89, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% 0.0143 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.136 84)
XYZ	xyz(58.2830, 58.4923, 17.0227)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C256 #5688F4

analogous

#F47356 #F4C256 #D7F456

triadic

#F4C256 #56F4C2 #C256F4

tetradic

#F4C256 #56F473 #5688F4 #F456D7

square

#F4C256 #56F473 #5688F4 #F456D7

split-complementary

#F4C256 #56D7F4 #7356F4

monochromatic

#C3890D #F0AD1D #F4C256 #F8D78F #FBEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F4C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#F4C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C256

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C256	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd48a',
    500: '#f4c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c256;
$custom-light: #fcd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.013,
    "s": 87.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83879,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.58489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C256

secondary

#2E5CC0

accent

#49E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C256

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

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