#F2C251#F2C251

#F2C251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C251
RGB	rgb(242, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, 5.51, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 61.63, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% 0.0106 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.139 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3981, 58.0586, 15.9662)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C251 #5181F2

analogous

#F27151 #F2C251 #D1F251

triadic

#F2C251 #51F2C2 #C251F2

tetradic

#F2C251 #51F271 #5181F2 #F251D1

square

#F2C251 #51F271 #5181F2 #F251D1

split-complementary

#F2C251 #51D1F2 #7151F2

monochromatic

#BB870E #EEAE18 #F2C251 #F6D68A #FBEAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#F2C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#F2C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C251

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C251	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad487',
    500: '#f2c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c251;
$custom-light: #fad487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.112,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83631,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C251

secondary

#2E57B9

accent

#46E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C251

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

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