#FFB306#FFB306

#FFB306 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.170 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB306
RGB	rgb(255, 179, 6)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 98%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 97.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 16.68, 80.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 82.18, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% 0.0359 0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.17 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.3975, 53.5185, 7.4795)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB306 #0652FF

analogous

#FF3606 #FFB306 #CEFF06

triadic

#FFB306 #06FFB3 #B306FF

tetradic

#FFB306 #06FF36 #0652FF #FF06CE

square

#FFB306 #06FF36 #0652FF #FF06CE

split-complementary

#FFB306 #06CEFF #3606FF

monochromatic

#8B6000 #C88B00 #FFB306 #FFC643 #FFD880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#FFB306 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#FFB306 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB306

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB306	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB306	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1C918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb306;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 179, 6);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.170 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc967',
    500: '#ffb306',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb306;
$custom-light: #ffc967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb306",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 6
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.687,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81799,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB306

secondary

#193E90

accent

#6AFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F0

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1307

muted

#87827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB306

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

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