#FFC257#FFC257

#FFC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.140 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC257
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, 11.26, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 61.65, 79.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% 0.0272 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.14 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.2558, 60.5362, 17.4207)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC257 #5794FF

analogous

#FF6E57 #FFC257 #E8FF57

triadic

#FFC257 #57FFC2 #C257FF

tetradic

#FFC257 #57FF6E #5794FF #FF57E8

square

#FFC257 #57FF6E #5794FF #FF57E8

split-complementary

#FFC257 #57E8FF #6E57FF

monochromatic

#DC8C00 #FFAC1A #FFC257 #FFD894 #FFEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#FFC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC257

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC257	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.140 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd48b',
    500: '#ffc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc257;
$custom-light: #ffd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.214,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85009,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC257

secondary

#2665D5

accent

#53E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC257

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

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