#FFC157#FFC157

#FFC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.140 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC157
RGB	rgb(255, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, 11.78, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 61.49, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% 0.0288 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.14 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.0340, 60.0926, 17.3467)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC157 #5795FF

analogous

#FF6D57 #FFC157 #E9FF57

triadic

#FFC157 #57FFC1 #C157FF

tetradic

#FFC157 #57FF6D #5795FF #FF57E9

square

#FFC157 #57FF6D #5795FF #FF57E9

split-complementary

#FFC157 #57E9FF #6D57FF

monochromatic

#DC8B00 #FFAA1A #FFC157 #FFD894 #FFEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FFC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#FFC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC157

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC157	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.140 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd38b',
    500: '#ffc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc157;
$custom-light: #ffd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.857,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84821,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC157

secondary

#2666D5

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC157

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

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