#F8C561#F8C561

#F8C561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.131 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8C561
RGB	rgb(248, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 92%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 60.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, 7.43, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 56.52, 82.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% 0.0178 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.131 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.8385, 60.7559, 19.8296)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8C561 #6194F8

analogous

#F87961 #F8C561 #E0F861

triadic

#F8C561 #61F8C5 #C561F8

tetradic

#F8C561 #61F879 #6194F8 #F861E0

square

#F8C561 #61F879 #6194F8 #F861E0

split-complementary

#F8C561 #61E0F8 #7961F8

monochromatic

#D59009 #F5AF26 #F8C561 #FBDB9C #FDF0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#F8C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#F8C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8C561

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8C561	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.131 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed691',
    500: '#f8c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8c561;
$custom-light: #fed691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 91.515,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84973,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8C561

secondary

#2D64D0

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8C561

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

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