#F0C251#F0C251

#F0C251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C251
RGB	rgb(240, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 66.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, 4.67, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 61.29, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% 0.0083 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.139 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7153, 57.7065, 15.9342)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C251 #517FF0

analogous

#F07351 #F0C251 #CEF051

triadic

#F0C251 #51F0C2 #C251F0

tetradic

#F0C251 #51F073 #517FF0 #F051CE

square

#F0C251 #51F073 #517FF0 #F051CE

split-complementary

#F0C251 #51CEF0 #7351F0

monochromatic

#B78710 #EBAE19 #F0C251 #F5D689 #FAEAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#F0C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#F0C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C251

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C251	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d487',
    500: '#f0c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c251;
$custom-light: #f9d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.642,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83432,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C251

secondary

#2F56B6

accent

#44E105

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C251

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

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