#F2B851#F2B851

#F2B851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2B851
RGB	rgb(242, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 10.73, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 59.73, 79.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% 0.0258 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.136 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2470, 53.7563, 15.2492)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2B851 #518BF2

analogous

#F26751 #F2B851 #DBF251

triadic

#F2B851 #51F2B8 #B851F2

tetradic

#F2B851 #51F267 #518BF2 #F251DB

square

#F2B851 #51F267 #518BF2 #F251DB

split-complementary

#F2B851 #51DBF2 #6751F2

monochromatic

#BB7C0E #EEA118 #F2B851 #F6CF8A #FBE6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#F2B851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#F2B851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2B851

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2B851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2B851	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2b851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbcd86',
    500: '#f2b851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2b851;
$custom-light: #fbcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2b851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.385,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81706,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2B851

secondary

#2E60B9

accent

#53E303

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2B851

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

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