#FFC849#FFC849

#FFC849 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.152 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC849
RGB	rgb(255, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, 7.43, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 68.27, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% 0.0144 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.152 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1007, 63.0540, 15.1492)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC849 #4980FF

analogous

#FF6D49 #FFC849 #DBFF49

triadic

#FFC849 #49FFC8 #C849FF

tetradic

#FFC849 #49FF6D #4980FF #FF49DB

square

#FFC849 #49FF6D #4980FF #FF49DB

split-complementary

#FFC849 #49DBFF #6D49FF

monochromatic

#CE8F00 #FFB60C #FFC849 #FFDA86 #FFEDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FFC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#FFC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC849

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC849	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.152 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd883',
    500: '#ffc849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc849;
$custom-light: #ffd883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.868,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86027,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC849

secondary

#2355C9

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC849

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

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