#F0C451#F0C451

#F0C451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C451
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 66.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 3.63, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 61.75, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% 0.0053 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.14 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1634, 58.6027, 16.0836)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C451 #517DF0

analogous

#F07451 #F0C451 #CDF051

triadic

#F0C451 #51F0C4 #C451F0

tetradic

#F0C451 #51F074 #517DF0 #F051CD

square

#F0C451 #51F074 #517DF0 #F051CD

split-complementary

#F0C451 #51CDF0 #7451F0

monochromatic

#B78910 #EBB119 #F0C451 #F5D789 #FAEAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F0C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#F0C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C451

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C451	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d587',
    500: '#f0c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c451;
$custom-light: #f9d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.396,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83823,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C451

secondary

#2F54B6

accent

#42E105

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C451

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

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