#F8C161#F8C161

#F8C161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.129 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8C161
RGB	rgb(248, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 92%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 60.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, 9.51, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 55.73, 80.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% 0.0239 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.129 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9423, 58.9634, 19.5309)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8C161 #6198F8

analogous

#F87661 #F8C161 #E3F861

triadic

#F8C161 #61F8C1 #C161F8

tetradic

#F8C161 #61F876 #6198F8 #F861E3

square

#F8C161 #61F876 #6198F8 #F861E3

split-complementary

#F8C161 #61E3F8 #7661F8

monochromatic

#D58B09 #F5AA26 #F8C161 #FBD89C #FDEFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#F8C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#F8C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8C161

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8C161	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.129 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed391',
    500: '#f8c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8c161;
$custom-light: #fed391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 91.515,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84207,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8C161

secondary

#2D69D0

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8C161

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

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