#F3B851#F3B851

#F3B851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3B851
RGB	rgb(243, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 66.7%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, 11.15, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 59.95, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% 0.0269 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.136 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5912, 53.9338, 15.2653)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3B851 #518CF3

analogous

#F36751 #F3B851 #DDF351

triadic

#F3B851 #51F3B8 #B851F3

tetradic

#F3B851 #51F367 #518CF3 #F351DD

square

#F3B851 #51F367 #518CF3 #F351DD

split-complementary

#F3B851 #51DDF3 #6751F3

monochromatic

#BD7D0D #EFA118 #F3B851 #F7CF8A #FBE7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#F3B851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#F3B851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3B851

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3B851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3B851	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3b851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbcd86',
    500: '#f3b851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3b851;
$custom-light: #fbcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3b851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.148,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81811,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3B851

secondary

#2D61BB

accent

#54E402

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3B851

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

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