#F0C551#F0C551

#F0C551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.140 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C551
RGB	rgb(240, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 66.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, 3.11, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 61.99, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% 0.0038 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.14 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.3897, 59.0553, 16.1590)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C551 #517CF0

analogous

#F07651 #F0C551 #CBF051

triadic

#F0C551 #51F0C5 #C551F0

tetradic

#F0C551 #51F076 #517CF0 #F051CB

square

#F0C551 #51F076 #517CF0 #F051CB

split-complementary

#F0C551 #51CBF0 #7651F0

monochromatic

#B78A10 #EBB219 #F0C551 #F5D889 #FAEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F0C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#F0C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C551

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C551	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.140 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d687',
    500: '#f0c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c551;
$custom-light: #f9d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.774,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84019,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C551

secondary

#2F54B6

accent

#40E105

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C551

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

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