#FFC524#FFC524

#FFC524 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.168 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC524
RGB	rgb(255, 197, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 86%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 85.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, 7.73, 78.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 79.27, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% 0.0118 0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.168 86)
XYZ	xyz(61.5289, 61.3245, 10.2649)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC524 #245EFF

analogous

#FF5824 #FFC524 #CBFF24

triadic

#FFC524 #24FFC5 #C524FF

tetradic

#FFC524 #24FF58 #245EFF #FF24CB

square

#FFC524 #24FF58 #245EFF #FF24CB

split-complementary

#FFC524 #24CBFF #5824FF

monochromatic

#A97C00 #E6A900 #FFC524 #FFD561 #FFE59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FFC524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#FFC524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC524

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC524	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 197, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.168 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd671',
    500: '#ffc524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc524;
$custom-light: #ffd671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.11,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85246,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.6132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC524

secondary

#1E43A9

accent

#62FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191409

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC524

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

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