#FFC949#FFC949

#FFC949 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.152 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC949
RGB	rgb(255, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, 6.91, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 68.46, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% 0.0129 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.152 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.3331, 63.5187, 15.2266)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC949 #497FFF

analogous

#FF6E49 #FFC949 #DAFF49

triadic

#FFC949 #49FFC9 #C949FF

tetradic

#FFC949 #49FF6E #497FFF #FF49DA

square

#FFC949 #49FF6E #497FFF #FF49DA

split-complementary

#FFC949 #49DAFF #6E49FF

monochromatic

#CE9100 #FFB70C #FFC949 #FFDB86 #FFEDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FFC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#FFC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC949

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC949	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.152 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd983',
    500: '#ffc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc949;
$custom-light: #ffd983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86219,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC949

secondary

#2354C9

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC949

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

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