#F6C231#F6C231

#F6C231 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.159 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6C231
RGB	rgb(246, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 92%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 80.1%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, 5.81, 73.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 73.89, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0077 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.159 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8559, 58.4022, 11.1307)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F6C231 #3165F6

analogous

#F65F31 #F6C231 #C8F631

triadic

#F6C231 #31F6C2 #C231F6

tetradic

#F6C231 #31F65F #3165F6 #F631C8

square

#F6C231 #31F65F #3165F6 #F631C8

split-complementary

#F6C231 #31C8F6 #5F31F6

monochromatic

#A57C07 #E0A70A #F6C231 #F9D36C #FBE5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#F6C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#F6C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6C231

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6C231	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)

#DAC109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7CF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.159 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed476',
    500: '#f6c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6c231;
$custom-light: #fed476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.162,
    "s": 91.628,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83805,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6C231

secondary

#2447A7

accent

#61FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191409

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6C231

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

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