#FFC756#FFC756

#FFC756 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.143 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC756
RGB	rgb(255, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, 8.61, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 62.93, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% 0.0194 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.143 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.3468, 62.7831, 17.5842)
Luminance	0.6278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC756 #568EFF

analogous

#FF7356 #FFC756 #E3FF56

triadic

#FFC756 #56FFC7 #C756FF

tetradic

#FFC756 #56FF73 #568EFF #FF56E3

square

#FFC756 #56FF73 #568EFF #FF56E3

split-complementary

#FFC756 #56E3FF #7356FF

monochromatic

#DB9200 #FFB319 #FFC756 #FFDB93 #FFF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FFC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#FFC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC756

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC756	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.143 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd78a',
    500: '#ffc756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc756;
$custom-light: #ffd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.118,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85947,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC756

secondary

#255FD4

accent

#4CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC756

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

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