#F8C162#F8C162

#F8C162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.129 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8C162
RGB	rgb(248, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 91%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 60.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, 9.57, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 55.30, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% 0.0242 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.129 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.9892, 58.9822, 19.7780)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F8C162 #6299F8

analogous

#F87662 #F8C162 #E4F862

triadic

#F8C162 #62F8C1 #C162F8

tetradic

#F8C162 #62F876 #6299F8 #F862E4

square

#F8C162 #62F876 #6299F8 #F862E4

split-complementary

#F8C162 #62E4F8 #7662F8

monochromatic

#D68B0A #F5AA27 #F8C162 #FBD89D #FDEFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F8C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#F8C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8C162

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8C162	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.129 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed391',
    500: '#f8c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8c162;
$custom-light: #fed391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 91.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84219,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8C162

secondary

#2E69D0

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8C162

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

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