#FFC657#FFC657

#FFC657 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.142 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC657
RGB	rgb(255, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, 9.18, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 62.34, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% 0.0212 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.142 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1581, 62.3406, 17.7214)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC657 #5790FF

analogous

#FF7257 #FFC657 #E4FF57

triadic

#FFC657 #57FFC6 #C657FF

tetradic

#FFC657 #57FF72 #5790FF #FF57E4

square

#FFC657 #57FF72 #5790FF #FF57E4

split-complementary

#FFC657 #57E4FF #7257FF

monochromatic

#DC9100 #FFB11A #FFC657 #FFDB94 #FFF0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#FFC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#FFC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC657

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC657	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.142 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd78b',
    500: '#ffc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc657;
$custom-light: #ffd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85766,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC657

secondary

#2661D5

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC657

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

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