#FFB040#FFB040

#FFB040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.152 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB040
RGB	rgb(255, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 19.52, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 68.54, 73.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0485 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.152 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.6950, 52.6859, 11.9803)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB040 #408FFF

analogous

#FF5040 #FFB040 #EFFF40

triadic

#FFB040 #40FFB0 #B040FF

tetradic

#FFB040 #40FF50 #408FFF #FF40EF

square

#FFB040 #40FF50 #408FFF #FF40EF

split-complementary

#FFB040 #40EFFF #5040FF

monochromatic

#C57300 #FF9703 #FFB040 #FFC97D #FFE3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#FFB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#FFB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB040

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB040	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.152 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc77c',
    500: '#ffb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb040;
$custom-light: #ffc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.183,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81483,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB040

secondary

#2264C1

accent

#5FE600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB040

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

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