#F8B959#F8B959

#F8B959 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.134 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8B959
RGB	rgb(248, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 64.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, 13.17, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 57.87, 76.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% 0.0336 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.134 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8670, 55.3799, 17.0909)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8B959 #5998F8

analogous

#F86959 #F8B959 #E8F859

triadic

#F8B959 #59F8B9 #B959F8

tetradic

#F8B959 #59F869 #5998F8 #F859E8

square

#F8B959 #59F869 #5998F8 #F859E8

split-complementary

#F8B959 #59E8F8 #6959F8

monochromatic

#CE8009 #F6A01E #F8B959 #FAD294 #FDEBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#F8B959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#F8B959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8B959

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8B959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8B959	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8b959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.134 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd8b',
    500: '#f8b959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8b959;
$custom-light: #ffcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8b959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82606,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8B959

secondary

#2C6AC9

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8B959

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

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