#F4C559#F4C559

#F4C559 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C559
RGB	rgb(244, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 5.26, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 59.26, 84.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% 0.0107 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.135 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0808, 59.8905, 17.8975)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C559 #5988F4

analogous

#F47759 #F4C559 #D6F459

triadic

#F4C559 #59F4C5 #C559F4

tetradic

#F4C559 #59F477 #5988F4 #F459D6

square

#F4C559 #59F477 #5988F4 #F459D6

split-complementary

#F4C559 #59D6F4 #7759F4

monochromatic

#C68E0D #F0B120 #F4C559 #F8D992 #FCEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#F4C559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#F4C559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C559

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C559	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbd68c',
    500: '#f4c559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c559;
$custom-light: #fbd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8449,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C559

secondary

#2F5CC3

accent

#46E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C559

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

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