#FAC161#FAC161

#FAC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.130 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAC161
RGB	rgb(250, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, 10.33, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 56.16, 79.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% 0.0261 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.13 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6553, 59.3311, 19.5643)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAC161 #619AFA

analogous

#FA7461 #FAC161 #E6FA61

triadic

#FAC161 #61FAC1 #C161FA

tetradic

#FAC161 #61FA74 #619AFA #FA61E6

square

#FAC161 #61FA74 #619AFA #FA61E6

split-complementary

#FAC161 #61E6FA #7461FA

monochromatic

#DA8B07 #F8AA26 #FAC161 #FCD89C #FEF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#FAC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#FAC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAC161

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAC161	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fac161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.130 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd391',
    500: '#fac161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fac161;
$custom-light: #ffd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fac161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84411,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAC161

secondary

#2C6AD3

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAC161

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

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