#FFC42E#FFC42E

#FFC42E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.164 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC42E
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, 8.50, 76.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 76.58, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% 0.0147 0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.164 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.4772, 60.9417, 11.1092)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC42E #2E69FF

analogous

#FF5C2E #FFC42E #D2FF2E

triadic

#FFC42E #2EFFC4 #C42EFF

tetradic

#FFC42E #2EFF5C #2E69FF #FF2ED2

square

#FFC42E #2EFF5C #2E69FF #FF2ED2

split-complementary

#FFC42E #2ED2FF #5C2EFF

monochromatic

#B38000 #F0AC00 #FFC42E #FFD56B #FFE7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FFC42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#FFC42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC42E

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC42E	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.164 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd575',
    500: '#ffc42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc42e;
$custom-light: #ffd575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.062,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85096,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC42E

secondary

#1F49B2

accent

#65FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191409

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC42E

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

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