#F4C457#F4C457

#F4C457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.137 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C457
RGB	rgb(244, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 64.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, 5.65, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 59.89, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% 0.0116 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.137 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7716, 59.4048, 17.3857)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C457 #5787F4

analogous

#F47657 #F4C457 #D5F457

triadic

#F4C457 #57F4C4 #C457F4

tetradic

#F4C457 #57F476 #5787F4 #F457D5

square

#F4C457 #57F476 #5787F4 #F457D5

split-complementary

#F4C457 #57D5F4 #7657F4

monochromatic

#C48C0D #F0B01E #F4C457 #F8D890 #FCECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F4C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#F4C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C457

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C457	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.137 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd58b',
    500: '#f4c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c457;
$custom-light: #fcd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 87.709,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84276,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C457

secondary

#2E5BC1

accent

#47E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C457

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

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