#FFA251#FFA251

#FFA251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.146 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA251
RGB	rgb(255, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, 27.62, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 61.71, 63.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0747 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.146 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6498, 47.7001, 14.0592)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA251 #51AEFF

analogous

#FF5157 #FFA251 #FFF951

triadic

#FFA251 #51FFA2 #A251FF

tetradic

#FFA251 #57FF51 #51AEFF #F951FF

square

#FFA251 #57FF51 #51AEFF #F951FF

split-complementary

#FFA251 #51FFF9 #5157FF

monochromatic

#D66300 #FF8114 #FFA251 #FFC38E #FFE3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#FFA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#FFA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA251

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA251	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.146 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbe85',
    500: '#ffa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa251;
$custom-light: #ffbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.931,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79155,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA251

secondary

#B9D8F3

accent

#7BE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#19120B

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA251

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

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