#F0C561#F0C561

#F0C561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.128 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0C561
RGB	rgb(240, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 59.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, 4.12, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 55.09, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% 0.0087 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.128 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.0619, 59.3242, 19.6994)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0C561 #618CF0

analogous

#F07D61 #F0C561 #D3F061

triadic

#F0C561 #61F0C5 #C561F0

tetradic

#F0C561 #61F07D #618CF0 #F061D3

square

#F0C561 #61F07D #618CF0 #F061D3

split-complementary

#F0C561 #61D3F0 #7D61F0

monochromatic

#C48F13 #EBB029 #F0C561 #F5DA99 #FBEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F0C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#F0C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0C561

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0C561	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.128 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d691',
    500: '#f0c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0c561;
$custom-light: #f8d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 82.659,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0C561

secondary

#345EC2

accent

#48DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0C561

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

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