#F4C451#F4C451

#F4C451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C451
RGB	rgb(244, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 88%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 66.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, 5.31, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 62.40, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% 0.0099 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.141 86)
XYZ	xyz(58.5366, 59.3108, 16.1480)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C451 #5181F4

analogous

#F47251 #F4C451 #D3F451

triadic

#F4C451 #51F4C4 #C451F4

tetradic

#F4C451 #51F472 #5181F4 #F451D3

square

#F4C451 #51F472 #5181F4 #F451D3

split-complementary

#F4C451 #51D3F4 #7251F4

monochromatic

#BF8A0C #F0B017 #F4C451 #F8D88B #FBEBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F4C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#F4C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C451

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C451	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd587',
    500: '#f4c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c451;
$custom-light: #fcd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.331,
    "s": 88.108,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84219,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.59307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C451

secondary

#2D57BD

accent

#44E501

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C451

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

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