#FFCF42#FFCF42

#FFCF42 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.159 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCF42
RGB	rgb(255, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, 3.52, 72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 72.22, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% 0.0024 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.159 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.5400, 66.2832, 14.5478)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCF42 #4272FF

analogous

#FF7042 #FFCF42 #D0FF42

triadic

#FFCF42 #42FFCF #CF42FF

tetradic

#FFCF42 #42FF70 #4272FF #FF42D0

square

#FFCF42 #42FF70 #4272FF #FF42D0

split-complementary

#FFCF42 #42D0FF #7042FF

monochromatic

#C79400 #FFBF05 #FFCF42 #FFDF7F #FFEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#FFCF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#FFCF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCF42

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCF42	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.159 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdd80',
    500: '#ffcf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcf42;
$custom-light: #ffdd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.762,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87326,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCF42

secondary

#224BC3

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150B

muted

#87847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCF42

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

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