#F4C251#F4C251

#F4C251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#F4C251
RGBrgb(244, 194, 81)
HSLhsl(42, 88%, 64%)
HSVhsv(42, 67%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.5%, 66.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.97, 6.35, 61.65)
CIE-LCHlch(80.97, 61.98, 84.12°)
OKLaboklab(83.83% 0.0129 0.1394)
OKLCHoklch(83.83% 0.14 84.7)
XYZxyz(58.0885, 58.4146, 15.9986)
Luminance0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#F4C251 #5183F4
analogous
#F47051 #F4C251 #D4F451
triadic
#F4C251 #51F4C2 #C251F4
tetradic
#F4C251 #51F470 #5183F4 #F451D4
square
#F4C251 #51F470 #5183F4 #F451D4
split-complementary
#F4C251 #51D4F4 #7051F4
monochromatic
#BF880C #F0AE17 #F4C251 #F8D68B #FBEAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66
#F4C251 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68
#F4C251 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C251
12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##F4C251#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##F4C2511.001.6612.6812.68
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6821.001.001.00
##00000012.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C144
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CE56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #f4c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 84.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd487',
    500: '#f4c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #f4c251;
$custom-light: #fcd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#f4c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 88.108,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83831,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#F4C251
secondary
#2D59BD
accent
#47E501
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F

Preview Lab

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#F4C251 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva