#F4C959#F4C959

#F4C959 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.137 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C959
RGB	rgb(244, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, 3.19, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 60.20, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% 0.0047 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.137 88)
XYZ	xyz(60.0011, 61.7312, 18.2042)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C959 #5984F4

analogous

#F47B59 #F4C959 #D1F459

triadic

#F4C959 #59F4C9 #C959F4

tetradic

#F4C959 #59F47B #5984F4 #F459D1

square

#F4C959 #59F47B #5984F4 #F459D1

split-complementary

#F4C959 #59D1F4 #7B59F4

monochromatic

#C6920D #F0B620 #F4C959 #F8DC92 #FCEECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F4C959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#F4C959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C959

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C959	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.137 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbd98c',
    500: '#f4c959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c959;
$custom-light: #fbd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85271,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.61728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C959

secondary

#2F58C3

accent

#40E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C959

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

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