#FFC856#FFC856

#FFC856 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.143 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC856
RGB	rgb(255, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, 8.09, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 63.12, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% 0.0179 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.143 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.5777, 63.2447, 17.6611)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC856 #568DFF

analogous

#FF7456 #FFC856 #E2FF56

triadic

#FFC856 #56FFC8 #C856FF

tetradic

#FFC856 #56FF74 #568DFF #FF56E2

square

#FFC856 #56FF74 #568DFF #FF56E2

split-complementary

#FFC856 #56E2FF #7456FF

monochromatic

#DB9300 #FFB419 #FFC856 #FFDC93 #FFF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FFC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#FFC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC856

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC856	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.143 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd88a',
    500: '#ffc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc856;
$custom-light: #ffd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.473,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86138,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC856

secondary

#255ED4

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC856

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

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