#F5C257#F5C257

#F5C257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.136 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5C257
RGB	rgb(245, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 64.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 7.11, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 59.65, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0158 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.136 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.6715, 58.6880, 17.2526)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5C257 #578AF5

analogous

#F57357 #F5C257 #D9F557

triadic

#F5C257 #57F5C2 #C257F5

tetradic

#F5C257 #57F573 #578AF5 #F557D9

square

#F5C257 #57F573 #578AF5 #F557D9

split-complementary

#F5C257 #57D9F5 #7357F5

monochromatic

#C68A0C #F2AD1D #F5C257 #F8D791 #FCECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F5C257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#F5C257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5C257

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5C257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5C257	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5c257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.136 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd48a',
    500: '#f5c257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5c257;
$custom-light: #fcd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5c257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.633,
    "s": 88.764,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83989,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5C257

secondary

#2D5EC3

accent

#4AE500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5C257

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

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