#FFC162#FFC162

#FFC162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.132 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC162
RGB	rgb(255, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, 12.45, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 56.84, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% 0.0322 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.132 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.5182, 60.2862, 19.8965)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC162 #62A0FF

analogous

#FF7362 #FFC162 #EEFF62

triadic

#FFC162 #62FFC1 #C162FF

tetradic

#FFC162 #62FF73 #62A0FF #FF62EE

square

#FFC162 #62FF73 #62A0FF #FF62EE

split-complementary

#FFC162 #62EEFF #7362FF

monochromatic

#E78C00 #FFA925 #FFC162 #FFD99F #FFF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FFC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#FFC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC162

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC162	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.132 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd392',
    500: '#ffc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc162;
$custom-light: #ffd392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.306,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84937,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC162

secondary

#2C70DA

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC162

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

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