#FAC261#FAC261

#FAC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.131 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAC261
RGB	rgb(250, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, 9.81, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 56.34, 79.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% 0.0246 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.131 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8772, 59.7747, 19.6382)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAC261 #6199FA

analogous

#FA7561 #FAC261 #E6FA61

triadic

#FAC261 #61FAC2 #C261FA

tetradic

#FAC261 #61FA75 #6199FA #FA61E6

square

#FAC261 #61FA75 #6199FA #FA61E6

split-complementary

#FAC261 #61E6FA #7561FA

monochromatic

#DA8D07 #F8AB26 #FAC261 #FCD99C #FEF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FAC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#FAC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAC261

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAC261	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fac261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.131 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd491',
    500: '#fac261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fac261;
$custom-light: #ffd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fac261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.039,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84601,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAC261

secondary

#2C69D3

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAC261

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

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