#FFD172#FFD172

#FFD172 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.125 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD172
RGB	rgb(255, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, 5.31, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 52.89, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% 0.0132 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.125 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.0808, 68.0797, 25.5237)
Luminance	0.6808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD172 #72A0FF

analogous

#FF8B72 #FFD172 #E6FF72

triadic

#FFD172 #72FFD1 #D172FF

tetradic

#FFD172 #72FF8B #72A0FF #FF72E6

square

#FFD172 #72FF8B #72A0FF #FF72E6

split-complementary

#FFD172 #72E6FF #8B72FF

monochromatic

#F7A600 #FFBD35 #FFD172 #FFE5AF #FFF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FFD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#FFD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD172

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD172	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.125 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9d',
    500: '#ffd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd172;
$custom-light: #ffde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88172,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD172

secondary

#396EDC

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD172

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

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