#FFC640#FFC640

#FFC640 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.156 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC640
RGB	rgb(255, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, 8.07, 70.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 71.20, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% 0.0153 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.156 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3635, 62.0228, 13.5365)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC640 #4079FF

analogous

#FF6640 #FFC640 #D9FF40

triadic

#FFC640 #40FFC6 #C640FF

tetradic

#FFC640 #40FF66 #4079FF #FF40D9

square

#FFC640 #40FF66 #4079FF #FF40D9

split-complementary

#FFC640 #40D9FF #6640FF

monochromatic

#C58A00 #FFB403 #FFC640 #FFD87D #FFEBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#FFC640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#FFC640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC640

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC640	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.156 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd67e',
    500: '#ffc640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc640;
$custom-light: #ffd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.094,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8558,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC640

secondary

#2252C1

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC640

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

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