#F2AE51#F2AE51

#F2AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.134 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2AE51
RGB	rgb(242, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 15.99, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 58.38, 74.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0412 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.134 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.2427, 49.7477, 14.5811)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2AE51 #5195F2

analogous

#F25D51 #F2AE51 #E6F251

triadic

#F2AE51 #51F2AE #AE51F2

tetradic

#F2AE51 #51F25D #5195F2 #F251E6

square

#F2AE51 #51F25D #5195F2 #F251E6

split-complementary

#F2AE51 #51E6F2 #5D51F2

monochromatic

#BB720E #EE9318 #F2AE51 #F6C98A #FBE3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#F2AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#F2AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2AE51

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2AE51	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.134 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbc685',
    500: '#f2ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ae51;
$custom-light: #fbc685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.658,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79825,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2AE51

secondary

#B3CBEC

accent

#61E303

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2AE51

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

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