#FFB236#FFB236

#FFB236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.157 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB236
RGB	rgb(255, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 78.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 18.11, 69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 72.12, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% 0.0432 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.157 74)
XYZ	xyz(57.8306, 53.3722, 10.7455)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB236 #3683FF

analogous

#FF4D36 #FFB236 #E7FF36

triadic

#FFB236 #36FFB2 #B236FF

tetradic

#FFB236 #36FF4D #3683FF #FF36E7

square

#FFB236 #36FF4D #3683FF #FF36E7

split-complementary

#FFB236 #36E7FF #4D36FF

monochromatic

#BB7300 #F89900 #FFB236 #FFC973 #FFE1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#FFB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#FFB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB236

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB236	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.157 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc877',
    500: '#ffb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb236;
$custom-light: #ffc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.015,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.53367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB236

secondary

#215BB9

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#191309

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB236

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

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