#FFC255#FFC255

#FFC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.142 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC255
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, 11.15, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 62.47, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% 0.0267 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.142 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1753, 60.5039, 16.9963)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC255 #5592FF

analogous

#FF6D55 #FFC255 #E7FF55

triadic

#FFC255 #55FFC2 #C255FF

tetradic

#FFC255 #55FF6D #5592FF #FF55E7

square

#FFC255 #55FF6D #5592FF #FF55E7

split-complementary

#FFC255 #55E7FF #6D55FF

monochromatic

#DA8C00 #FFAC18 #FFC255 #FFD892 #FFEECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#FFC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC255

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC255	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.142 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd489',
    500: '#ffc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc255;
$custom-light: #ffd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.471,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8499,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC255

secondary

#2564D3

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC255

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

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