#FFC462#FFC462

#FFC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.133 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC462
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 61.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, 10.89, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 57.33, 79.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% 0.0276 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.133 78)
XYZ	xyz(63.1881, 61.6260, 20.1198)
Luminance	0.6162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC462 #629DFF

analogous

#FF7662 #FFC462 #ECFF62

triadic

#FFC462 #62FFC4 #C462FF

tetradic

#FFC462 #62FF76 #629DFF #FF62EC

square

#FFC462 #62FF76 #629DFF #FF62EC

split-complementary

#FFC462 #62ECFF #7662FF

monochromatic

#E79000 #FFAD25 #FFC462 #FFDB9F #FFF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FFC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#FFC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC462

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC462	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.133 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd592',
    500: '#ffc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc462;
$custom-light: #ffd592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.452,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85501,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.61622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC462

secondary

#2C6DDA

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC462

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

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