#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
RGBrgb(248, 193, 89)
HSLhsl(39, 92%, 66%)
HSVhsv(39, 64%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.2%, 64.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(81.19, 9.00, 58.50)
CIE-LCHlch(81.19, 59.18, 81.26°)
OKLaboklab(84.12% 0.0213 0.1338)
OKLCHoklch(84.12% 0.136 80.9)
XYZxyz(59.5879, 58.8217, 17.6645)
Luminance0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##F8C1591.001.6512.7612.76
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7621.001.001.00
##00000012.7621.001.001.00

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

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#F8C159 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva