Apricot (survey)#FFB16D

#FFB16D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.124 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Apricot (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFB16D
RGB	rgb(255, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(28, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 57.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 21.57, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 50.66, 64.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% 0.0606 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.124 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7261, 53.8132, 21.7064)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB16D #6DBBFF

analogous

#FF6D72 #FFB16D #FFFA6D

triadic

#FFB16D #6DFFB1 #B16DFF

tetradic

#FFB16D #72FF6D #6DBBFF #FA6DFF

square

#FFB16D #72FF6D #6DBBFF #FA6DFF

split-complementary

#FFB16D #6DFFFA #6D72FF

monochromatic

#F27100 #FF9030 #FFB16D #FFD2AA #FFEFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#FFB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#FFB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB16D

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB16D	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.124 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc898',
    500: '#ffb16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb16d;
$custom-light: #ffc898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.945,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82138,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB16D

secondary

#358EDB

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#19130E

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB16D

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

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