#F8C159#F8C159

#F8C159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.136 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8C159
RGB	rgb(248, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 92%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 64.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, 9.00, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 59.18, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% 0.0213 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.136 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5879, 58.8217, 17.6645)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8C159 #5990F8

analogous

#F87159 #F8C159 #E0F859

triadic

#F8C159 #59F8C1 #C159F8

tetradic

#F8C159 #59F871 #5990F8 #F859E0

square

#F8C159 #59F871 #5990F8 #F859E0

split-complementary

#F8C159 #59E0F8 #7159F8

monochromatic

#CE8A09 #F6AB1E #F8C159 #FAD794 #FDEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F8C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#F8C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8C159

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8C159	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.136 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd38c',
    500: '#f8c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8c159;
$custom-light: #ffd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.245,
    "s": 91.908,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84121,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8C159

secondary

#2C62C9

accent

#4FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8C159

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

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