#FFC857#FFC857

#FFC857 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.142 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC857
RGB	rgb(255, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, 8.15, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 62.71, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% 0.0182 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.142 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.6182, 63.2610, 17.8748)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC857 #578EFF

analogous

#FF7457 #FFC857 #E2FF57

triadic

#FFC857 #57FFC8 #C857FF

tetradic

#FFC857 #57FF74 #578EFF #FF57E2

square

#FFC857 #57FF74 #578EFF #FF57E2

split-complementary

#FFC857 #57E2FF #7457FF

monochromatic

#DC9400 #FFB41A #FFC857 #FFDC94 #FFF0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FFC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#FFC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC857

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC857	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.142 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd88b',
    500: '#ffc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc857;
$custom-light: #ffd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.357,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86147,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC857

secondary

#265FD5

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC857

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

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