#FFCE42#FFCE42

#FFCE42 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.158 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCE42
RGB	rgb(255, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, 4.04, 71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 72.01, 86.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% 0.0039 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.158 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2985, 65.8002, 14.4673)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCE42 #4273FF

analogous

#FF6F42 #FFCE42 #D2FF42

triadic

#FFCE42 #42FFCE #CE42FF

tetradic

#FFCE42 #42FF6F #4273FF #FF42D2

square

#FFCE42 #42FF6F #4273FF #FF42D2

split-complementary

#FFCE42 #42D2FF #6F42FF

monochromatic

#C79300 #FFBE05 #FFCE42 #FFDE7F #FFEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#FFCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#FFCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCE42

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCE42	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.158 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdc7f',
    500: '#ffce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffce42;
$custom-light: #ffdc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87132,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCE42

secondary

#224CC3

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCE42

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

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