#FFCC40#FFCC40

#FFCC40 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.158 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCC40
RGB	rgb(255, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, 4.98, 72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 72.31, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% 0.0064 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.158 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7622, 64.8202, 14.0027)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCC40 #4073FF

analogous

#FF6C40 #FFCC40 #D3FF40

triadic

#FFCC40 #40FFCC #CC40FF

tetradic

#FFCC40 #40FF6C #4073FF #FF40D3

square

#FFCC40 #40FF6C #4073FF #FF40D3

split-complementary

#FFCC40 #40D3FF #6C40FF

monochromatic

#C59000 #FFBC03 #FFCC40 #FFDC7D #FFEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FFCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#FFCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCC40

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCC40	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.158 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb7e',
    500: '#ffcc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcc40;
$custom-light: #ffdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.979,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86732,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCC40

secondary

#224DC1

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCC40

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

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