#FFC262#FFC262

#FFC262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.133 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC262
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, 11.93, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 57.00, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% 0.0306 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.133 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7400, 60.7298, 19.9705)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC262 #629FFF

analogous

#FF7462 #FFC262 #EDFF62

triadic

#FFC262 #62FFC2 #C262FF

tetradic

#FFC262 #62FF74 #629FFF #FF62ED

square

#FFC262 #62FF74 #629FFF #FF62ED

split-complementary

#FFC262 #62EDFF #7462FF

monochromatic

#E78D00 #FFAA25 #FFC262 #FFDA9F #FFF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#FFC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC262

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC262	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.133 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd492',
    500: '#ffc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc262;
$custom-light: #ffd492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.688,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85125,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC262

secondary

#2C6FDA

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC262

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

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