#FFC253#FFC253

#FFC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.143 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC253
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 67.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, 11.04, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 63.29, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% 0.0261 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.143 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0969, 60.4726, 16.5837)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC253 #5390FF

analogous

#FF6C53 #FFC253 #E6FF53

triadic

#FFC253 #53FFC2 #C253FF

tetradic

#FFC253 #53FF6C #5390FF #FF53E6

square

#FFC253 #53FF6C #5390FF #FF53E6

split-complementary

#FFC253 #53E6FF #6C53FF

monochromatic

#D88B00 #FFAC16 #FFC253 #FFD890 #FFEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#FFC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC253

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC253	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)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.143 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd488',
    500: '#ffc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc253;
$custom-light: #ffd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.721,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84971,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC253

secondary

#2562D1

accent

#51E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC253

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

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