#F3C261#F3C261

#F3C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.128 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F3C261
RGB	rgb(243, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 86%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.1%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 6.92, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 54.93, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0166 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.128 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4146, 58.5050, 19.5228)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F3C261 #6192F3

analogous

#F37961 #F3C261 #DBF361

triadic

#F3C261 #61F3C2 #C261F3

tetradic

#F3C261 #61F379 #6192F3 #F361DB

square

#F3C261 #61F379 #6192F3 #F361DB

split-complementary

#F3C261 #61DBF3 #7961F3

monochromatic

#CA8C0F #EFAC28 #F3C261 #F7D89A #FCEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#F3C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#F3C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F3C261

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F3C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F3C261	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f3c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.128 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fad491',
    500: '#f3c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f3c261;
$custom-light: #fad491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f3c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 85.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83896,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F3C261

secondary

#3164C7

accent

#4EE203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F3C261

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

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