#FFC442#FFC442

#FFC442 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.154 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC442
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, 9.19, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 70.16, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% 0.0187 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.154 83)
XYZ	xyz(61.9673, 61.1377, 13.6902)
Luminance	0.6113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC442 #427DFF

analogous

#FF6542 #FFC442 #DBFF42

triadic

#FFC442 #42FFC4 #C442FF

tetradic

#FFC442 #42FF65 #427DFF #FF42DB

square

#FFC442 #42FF65 #427DFF #FF42DB

split-complementary

#FFC442 #42DBFF #6542FF

monochromatic

#C78900 #FFB105 #FFC442 #FFD77F #FFEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FFC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#FFC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC442

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC442	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.154 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd57f',
    500: '#ffc442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc442;
$custom-light: #ffd57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.27,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85213,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.61133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC442

secondary

#2254C3

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC442

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

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