#F4C461#F4C461

#F4C461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.129 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4C461
RGB	rgb(244, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 87%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 60.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 6.30, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 55.55, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% 0.0147 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.129 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2089, 59.5797, 19.6884)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F4C461 #6191F4

analogous

#F47B61 #F4C461 #DBF461

triadic

#F4C461 #61F4C4 #C461F4

tetradic

#F4C461 #61F47B #6191F4 #F461DB

square

#F4C461 #61F47B #6191F4 #F461DB

split-complementary

#F4C461 #61DBF4 #7B61F4

monochromatic

#CC8E0E #F0AF28 #F4C461 #F8D99A #FCEFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F4C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#F4C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4C461

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4C461	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.129 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbd591',
    500: '#f4c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4c461;
$custom-light: #fbd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 86.982,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84382,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4C461

secondary

#3162C8

accent

#4CE402

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4C461

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

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