#FFB240#FFB240

#FFB240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.152 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB240
RGB	rgb(255, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 18.48, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 68.68, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% 0.0454 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.152 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.0901, 53.4760, 12.1120)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB240 #408DFF

analogous

#FF5340 #FFB240 #ECFF40

triadic

#FFB240 #40FFB2 #B240FF

tetradic

#FFB240 #40FF53 #408DFF #FF40EC

square

#FFB240 #40FF53 #408DFF #FF40EC

split-complementary

#FFB240 #40ECFF #5340FF

monochromatic

#C57500 #FF9903 #FFB240 #FFCB7D #FFE3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#FFB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#FFB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB240

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB240	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.152 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc97c',
    500: '#ffb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb240;
$custom-light: #ffc97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.812,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81846,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB240

secondary

#2262C1

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB240

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

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