#FFC656#FFC656

#FFC656 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.142 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC656
RGB	rgb(255, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, 9.13, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 62.75, 81.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% 0.0209 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.142 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1175, 62.3244, 17.5077)
Luminance	0.6232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC656 #568FFF

analogous

#FF7256 #FFC656 #E4FF56

triadic

#FFC656 #56FFC6 #C656FF

tetradic

#FFC656 #56FF72 #568FFF #FF56E4

square

#FFC656 #56FF72 #568FFF #FF56E4

split-complementary

#FFC656 #56E4FF #7256FF

monochromatic

#DB9100 #FFB119 #FFC656 #FFDB93 #FFEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#FFC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#FFC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC656

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC656	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.142 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd78a',
    500: '#ffc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc656;
$custom-light: #ffd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.763,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85757,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC656

secondary

#2560D4

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC656

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

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