#F6C551#F6C551

#F6C551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.142 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F6C551
RGB	rgb(246, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 90%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67.1%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, 5.62, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 62.95, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% 0.0107 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.142 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4608, 60.1233, 16.2561)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F6C551 #5182F6

analogous

#F67351 #F6C551 #D4F651

triadic

#F6C551 #51F6C5 #C551F6

tetradic

#F6C551 #51F673 #5182F6 #F651D4

square

#F6C551 #51F673 #5182F6 #F651D4

split-complementary

#F6C551 #51D4F6 #7351F6

monochromatic

#C38C0A #F3B217 #F6C551 #F9D88B #FCECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#F6C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#F6C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F6C551

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F6C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F6C551	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f6c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(246, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.142 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdd687',
    500: '#f6c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f6c551;
$custom-light: #fdd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f6c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 246,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.182,
    "s": 90.164,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84612,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F6C551

secondary

#2B57C0

accent

#44E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F6C551

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

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