#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
RGB	rgb(244, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 88%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 66.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, 6.35, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 61.98, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.0129 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.14 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0885, 58.4146, 15.9986)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##F4C251	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #F4C251

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

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