#FFB840#FFB840

#FFB840 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.153 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB840
RGB	rgb(255, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, 15.35, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 69.24, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% 0.0363 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.153 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3101, 55.9160, 12.5187)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB840 #4087FF

analogous

#FF5840 #FFB840 #E7FF40

triadic

#FFB840 #40FFB8 #B840FF

tetradic

#FFB840 #40FF58 #4087FF #FF40E7

square

#FFB840 #40FF58 #4087FF #FF40E7

split-complementary

#FFB840 #40E7FF #5840FF

monochromatic

#C57C00 #FFA103 #FFB840 #FFCF7D #FFE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#FFB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#FFB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB840

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB840	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.153 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd7c',
    500: '#ffb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb840;
$custom-light: #ffcd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.696,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82948,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB840

secondary

#225DC1

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB840

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

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