#FFCB56#FFCB56

#FFCB56 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.144 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCB56
RGB	rgb(255, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, 6.55, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 63.72, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% 0.0134 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.144 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2793, 64.6480, 17.8950)
Luminance	0.6464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCB56 #568AFF

analogous

#FF7656 #FFCB56 #DFFF56

triadic

#FFCB56 #56FFCB #CB56FF

tetradic

#FFCB56 #56FF76 #568AFF #FF56DF

square

#FFCB56 #56FF76 #568AFF #FF56DF

split-complementary

#FFCB56 #56DFFF #7656FF

monochromatic

#DB9700 #FFB819 #FFCB56 #FFDE93 #FFF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#FFCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#FFCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCB56

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCB56	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.144 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffda8b',
    500: '#ffcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcb56;
$custom-light: #ffda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86712,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCB56

secondary

#255BD4

accent

#47E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCB56

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

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