#FFB256#FFB256

#FFB256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB256
RGB	rgb(255, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 19.54, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 60.18, 71.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% 0.0515 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.14 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.8441, 53.7776, 16.0833)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB256 #56A3FF

analogous

#FF5E56 #FFB256 #F7FF56

triadic

#FFB256 #56FFB2 #B256FF

tetradic

#FFB256 #56FF5E #56A3FF #FF56F7

square

#FFB256 #56FF5E #56A3FF #FF56F7

split-complementary

#FFB256 #56F7FF #5E56FF

monochromatic

#DB7700 #FF9619 #FFB256 #FFCE93 #FFEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#FFB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#FFB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB256

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB256	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc989',
    500: '#ffb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb256;
$custom-light: #ffc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.663,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8204,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB256

secondary

#2575D4

accent

#69E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB256

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

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