#F8C499#F8C499

#F8C499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.082 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8C499
RGB	rgb(248, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(27, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 38.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, 12.96, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 31.46, 65.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% 0.0398 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.082 61)
XYZ	xyz(64.2031, 61.7396, 38.6660)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8C499 #99CDF8

analogous

#F8999D #F8C499 #F8F399

triadic

#F8C499 #99F8C4 #C499F8

tetradic

#F8C499 #9DF899 #99CDF8 #F399F8

square

#F8C499 #9DF899 #99CDF8 #F399F8

split-complementary

#F8C499 #99F8F3 #999DF8

monochromatic

#F08226 #F4A360 #F8C499 #FCE5D2 #FDEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#F8C499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#F8C499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8C499

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8C499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8C499	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8c499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.082 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd5b7',
    500: '#f8c499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8c499;
$custom-light: #fcd5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8c499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.158,
    "s": 87.156,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85636,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.61736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8C499

secondary

#5DA0D8

accent

#7DE402

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8C499

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

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