#FFC242#FFC242

#FFC242 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.154 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC242
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, 10.23, 69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 69.84, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% 0.0217 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.154 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5192, 60.2415, 13.5408)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC242 #427FFF

analogous

#FF6342 #FFC242 #DDFF42

triadic

#FFC242 #42FFC2 #C242FF

tetradic

#FFC242 #42FF63 #427FFF #FF42DD

square

#FFC242 #42FF63 #427FFF #FF42DD

split-complementary

#FFC242 #42DDFF #6342FF

monochromatic

#C78700 #FFAE05 #FFC242 #FFD67F #FFEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FFC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#FFC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC242

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC242	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.154 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd47e',
    500: '#ffc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc242;
$custom-light: #ffd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.635,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84833,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC242

secondary

#2256C3

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC242

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

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