#FFC224#FFC224

#FFC224 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.167 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC224
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 85.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, 9.29, 78.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 78.86, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% 0.0162 0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.167 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.8545, 59.9756, 10.0401)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC224 #2461FF

analogous

#FF5524 #FFC224 #CEFF24

triadic

#FFC224 #24FFC2 #C224FF

tetradic

#FFC224 #24FF55 #2461FF #FF24CE

square

#FFC224 #24FF55 #2461FF #FF24CE

split-complementary

#FFC224 #24CEFF #5524FF

monochromatic

#A97A00 #E6A600 #FFC224 #FFD361 #FFE49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FFC224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#FFC224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC224

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC224	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.167 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd471',
    500: '#ffc224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc224;
$custom-light: #ffd471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.288,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84674,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC224

secondary

#1E45A9

accent

#64FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191409

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC224

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

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