#FFCA57#FFCA57

#FFCA57 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.143 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCA57
RGB	rgb(255, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, 7.12, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 63.10, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% 0.0152 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.143 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0845, 64.1934, 18.0302)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCA57 #578CFF

analogous

#FF7657 #FFCA57 #E0FF57

triadic

#FFCA57 #57FFCA #CA57FF

tetradic

#FFCA57 #57FF76 #578CFF #FF57E0

square

#FFCA57 #57FF76 #578CFF #FF57E0

split-complementary

#FFCA57 #57E0FF #7657FF

monochromatic

#DC9600 #FFB71A #FFCA57 #FFDD94 #FFF1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FFCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#FFCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCA57

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCA57	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.143 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd98b',
    500: '#ffca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffca57;
$custom-light: #ffd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.071,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8653,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCA57

secondary

#265DD5

accent

#48E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCA57

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

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