#F4C259#F4C259

#F4C259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C259
RGB	rgb(244, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, 6.81, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 58.61, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.0152 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.134 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4064, 58.5417, 17.6726)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C259 #598BF4

analogous

#F47459 #F4C259 #D9F459

triadic

#F4C259 #59F4C2 #C259F4

tetradic

#F4C259 #59F474 #598BF4 #F459D9

square

#F4C259 #59F474 #598BF4 #F459D9

split-complementary

#F4C259 #59D9F4 #7459F4

monochromatic

#C68A0D #F0AD20 #F4C259 #F8D792 #FCECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F4C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#F4C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C259

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C259	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd48c',
    500: '#f4c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c259;
$custom-light: #fcd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83909,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C259

secondary

#2F5EC3

accent

#4BE401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C259

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

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