#F2C551#F2C551

#F2C551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C551
RGB	rgb(242, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, 3.95, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 62.30, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% 0.0061 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.141 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0726, 59.4074, 16.1910)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C551 #517EF2

analogous

#F27451 #F2C551 #CEF251

triadic

#F2C551 #51F2C5 #C551F2

tetradic

#F2C551 #51F274 #517EF2 #F251CE

square

#F2C551 #51F274 #517EF2 #F251CE

split-complementary

#F2C551 #51CEF2 #7451F2

monochromatic

#BB8A0E #EEB218 #F2C551 #F6D88A #FBEBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F2C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#F2C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C551

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C551	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad687',
    500: '#f2c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c551;
$custom-light: #fad687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C551

secondary

#2E55B9

accent

#41E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C551

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

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