#F5C461#F5C461

#F5C461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5C461
RGB	rgb(245, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 88%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 60.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, 6.71, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 55.74, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% 0.0159 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.129 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5569, 59.7591, 19.7047)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5C461 #6192F5

analogous

#F57A61 #F5C461 #DCF561

triadic

#F5C461 #61F5C4 #C461F5

tetradic

#F5C461 #61F57A #6192F5 #F561DC

square

#F5C461 #61F57A #6192F5 #F561DC

split-complementary

#F5C461 #61DCF5 #7A61F5

monochromatic

#CF8E0D #F1AF27 #F5C461 #F9D99B #FCEFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#F5C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#F5C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5C461

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5C461	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcd591',
    500: '#f5c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5c461;
$custom-light: #fcd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 88.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84481,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5C461

secondary

#3063CA

accent

#4CE501

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5C461

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

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