#F2C851#F2C851

#F2C851 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.142 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2C851
RGB	rgb(242, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, 2.40, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 63.01, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% 0.0016 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.142 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7605, 60.7834, 16.4204)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2C851 #517BF2

analogous

#F27751 #F2C851 #CBF251

triadic

#F2C851 #51F2C8 #C851F2

tetradic

#F2C851 #51F277 #517BF2 #F251CB

square

#F2C851 #51F277 #517BF2 #F251CB

split-complementary

#F2C851 #51CBF2 #7751F2

monochromatic

#BB8E0E #EEB618 #F2C851 #F6DA8A #FBECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F2C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#F2C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2C851

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2C851	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.142 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad887',
    500: '#f2c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2c851;
$custom-light: #fad887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84804,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2C851

secondary

#2E52B9

accent

#3DE303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2C851

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

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