#F5C261#F5C261

#F5C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.128 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5C261
RGB	rgb(245, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 88%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 60.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 7.75, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 55.32, 81.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% 0.0189 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.128 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.1088, 58.8629, 19.5553)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5C261 #6194F5

analogous

#F57861 #F5C261 #DEF561

triadic

#F5C261 #61F5C2 #C261F5

tetradic

#F5C261 #61F578 #6194F5 #F561DE

square

#F5C261 #61F578 #6194F5 #F561DE

split-complementary

#F5C261 #61DEF5 #7861F5

monochromatic

#CF8C0D #F1AC27 #F5C261 #F9D89B #FCEED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F5C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#F5C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5C261

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5C261	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.128 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd491',
    500: '#f5c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5c261;
$custom-light: #fcd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 88.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84096,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5C261

secondary

#3065CA

accent

#4FE501

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5C261

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

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