#FFC249#FFC249

#FFC249 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.150 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC249
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, 10.53, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 67.24, 80.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% 0.0234 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.15 81)
XYZ	xyz(61.7383, 60.3292, 14.6950)
Luminance	0.6032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC249 #4986FF

analogous

#FF6749 #FFC249 #E1FF49

triadic

#FFC249 #49FFC2 #C249FF

tetradic

#FFC249 #49FF67 #4986FF #FF49E1

square

#FFC249 #49FF67 #4986FF #FF49E1

split-complementary

#FFC249 #49E1FF #6749FF

monochromatic

#CE8900 #FFAD0C #FFC249 #FFD786 #FFEBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FFC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#FFC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC249

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC249	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.150 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd482',
    500: '#ffc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc249;
$custom-light: #ffd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.89,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84886,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.60325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC249

secondary

#235BC9

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC249

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

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