#F5C456#F5C456

#F5C456 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5C456
RGB	rgb(245, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, 6.01, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 60.49, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% 0.0125 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.138 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0791, 59.5680, 17.1883)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5C456 #5687F5

analogous

#F57456 #F5C456 #D7F556

triadic

#F5C456 #56F5C4 #C456F5

tetradic

#F5C456 #56F574 #5687F5 #F556D7

square

#F5C456 #56F574 #5687F5 #F556D7

split-complementary

#F5C456 #56D7F5 #7456F5

monochromatic

#C58C0C #F2B01C #F5C456 #F8D890 #FCECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F5C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#F5C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5C456

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5C456	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd58a',
    500: '#f5c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5c456;
$custom-light: #fcd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84366,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5C456

secondary

#2D5BC2

accent

#47E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5C456

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

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