#F2C451#F2C451

#F2C451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.140 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C451
RGB	rgb(242, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, 4.47, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 62.07, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% 0.0076 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.14 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8463, 58.9548, 16.1156)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C451 #517FF2

analogous

#F27351 #F2C451 #CFF251

triadic

#F2C451 #51F2C4 #C451F2

tetradic

#F2C451 #51F273 #517FF2 #F251CF

square

#F2C451 #51F273 #517FF2 #F251CF

split-complementary

#F2C451 #51CFF2 #7351F2

monochromatic

#BB890E #EEB118 #F2C451 #F6D78A #FBEBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F2C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#F2C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C451

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C451	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.140 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad587',
    500: '#f2c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c451;
$custom-light: #fad587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8402,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C451

secondary

#2E56B9

accent

#43E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C451

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

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