#FFCA50#FFCA50

#FFCA50 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.148 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCA50
RGB	rgb(255, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, 6.74, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 65.94, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% 0.0132 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.148 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8122, 64.0845, 16.5964)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCA50 #5085FF

analogous

#FF7350 #FFCA50 #DCFF50

triadic

#FFCA50 #50FFCA #CA50FF

tetradic

#FFCA50 #50FF73 #5085FF #FF50DC

square

#FFCA50 #50FF73 #5085FF #FF50DC

split-complementary

#FFCA50 #50DCFF #7350FF

monochromatic

#D59400 #FFB713 #FFCA50 #FFDD8D #FFEFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FFCA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#FFCA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCA50

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCA50	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.148 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd987',
    500: '#ffca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffca50;
$custom-light: #ffd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.829,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86467,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCA50

secondary

#2458CF

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCA50

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

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