#F2C261#F2C261

#F2C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.127 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C261
RGB	rgb(242, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, 6.51, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 54.75, 83.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0155 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.127 83)
XYZ	xyz(58.0704, 58.3275, 19.5067)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C261 #6191F2

analogous

#F27A61 #F2C261 #DAF261

triadic

#F2C261 #61F2C2 #C261F2

tetradic

#F2C261 #61F27A #6191F2 #F261DA

square

#F2C261 #61F27A #6191F2 #F261DA

split-complementary

#F2C261 #61DAF2 #7A61F2

monochromatic

#C88B10 #EDAC28 #F2C261 #F7D89A #FBEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#F2C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#F2C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C261

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C261	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.127 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad491',
    500: '#f2c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c261;
$custom-light: #fad491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.138,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83796,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.58324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C261

secondary

#3263C5

accent

#4DE104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C261

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

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