#F0C461#F0C461

#F0C461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.127 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C461
RGB	rgb(240, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 59.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 4.64, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 54.85, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% 0.0102 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.127 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8356, 58.8716, 19.6240)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C461 #618DF0

analogous

#F07C61 #F0C461 #D5F061

triadic

#F0C461 #61F0C4 #C461F0

tetradic

#F0C461 #61F07C #618DF0 #F061D5

square

#F0C461 #61F07C #618DF0 #F061D5

split-complementary

#F0C461 #61D5F0 #7C61F0

monochromatic

#C48D13 #EBAF29 #F0C461 #F5D999 #FBEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F0C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#F0C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C461

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C461	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.127 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d591',
    500: '#f0c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c461;
$custom-light: #f8d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 82.659,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83987,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C461

secondary

#345FC2

accent

#49DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C461

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

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