#FFC424#FFC424

#FFC424 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.167 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC424
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 86%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 85.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, 8.25, 78.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 79.13, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% 0.0132 0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.167 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.3026, 60.8718, 10.1894)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC424 #245FFF

analogous

#FF5724 #FFC424 #CCFF24

triadic

#FFC424 #24FFC4 #C424FF

tetradic

#FFC424 #24FF57 #245FFF #FF24CC

square

#FFC424 #24FF57 #245FFF #FF24CC

split-complementary

#FFC424 #24CCFF #5724FF

monochromatic

#A97B00 #E6A800 #FFC424 #FFD461 #FFE59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FFC424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#FFC424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC424

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC424	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.167 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd571',
    500: '#ffc424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc424;
$custom-light: #ffd571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.836,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85055,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC424

secondary

#1E43A9

accent

#63FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191409

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC424

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

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