#FFB940#FFB940

#FFB940 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.153 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB940
RGB	rgb(255, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, 14.82, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 69.35, 77.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.0348 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.153 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5185, 56.3329, 12.5881)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB940 #4086FF

analogous

#FF5940 #FFB940 #E6FF40

triadic

#FFB940 #40FFB9 #B940FF

tetradic

#FFB940 #40FF59 #4086FF #FF40E6

square

#FFB940 #40FF59 #4086FF #FF40E6

split-complementary

#FFB940 #40E6FF #5940FF

monochromatic

#C57D00 #FFA303 #FFB940 #FFCF7D #FFE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#FFB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#FFB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB940

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB940	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.153 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd7d',
    500: '#ffb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb940;
$custom-light: #ffcd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.01,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83133,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB940

secondary

#225CC1

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB940

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

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