#F0C261#F0C261

#F0C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.126 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C261
RGB	rgb(240, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 59.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 5.68, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 54.38, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% 0.0132 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.126 84)
XYZ	xyz(57.3875, 57.9754, 19.4746)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C261 #618FF0

analogous

#F07A61 #F0C261 #D7F061

triadic

#F0C261 #61F0C2 #C261F0

tetradic

#F0C261 #61F07A #618FF0 #F061D7

square

#F0C261 #61F07A #618FF0 #F061D7

split-complementary

#F0C261 #61D7F0 #7A61F0

monochromatic

#C48B13 #EBAC29 #F0C261 #F5D899 #FBEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#F0C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#F0C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C261

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C261	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.126 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d491',
    500: '#f0c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c261;
$custom-light: #f8d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 82.659,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83597,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.57972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C261

secondary

#3461C2

accent

#4CDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C261

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

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