#FFC252#FFC252

#FFC252 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC252
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 67.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, 10.98, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 63.70, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% 0.0258 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.144 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0586, 60.4573, 16.3819)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC252 #528FFF

analogous

#FF6B52 #FFC252 #E5FF52

triadic

#FFC252 #52FFC2 #C252FF

tetradic

#FFC252 #52FF6B #528FFF #FF52E5

square

#FFC252 #52FF6B #528FFF #FF52E5

split-complementary

#FFC252 #52E5FF #6B52FF

monochromatic

#D78B00 #FFAC15 #FFC252 #FFD88F #FFEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#FFC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC252

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC252	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd488',
    500: '#ffc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc252;
$custom-light: #ffd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.844,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84962,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC252

secondary

#2561D0

accent

#51E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC252

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

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