#FFBA51#FFBA51

#FFBA51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.143 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFBA51
RGB	rgb(255, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, 15.09, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 62.97, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% 0.0377 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.143 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2881, 56.9766, 15.6053)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFBA51 #5196FF

analogous

#FF6351 #FFBA51 #EDFF51

triadic

#FFBA51 #51FFBA #BA51FF

tetradic

#FFBA51 #51FF63 #5196FF #FF51ED

square

#FFBA51 #51FF63 #5196FF #FF51ED

split-complementary

#FFBA51 #51EDFF #6351FF

monochromatic

#D68100 #FFA214 #FFBA51 #FFD28E #FFEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#FFBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#FFBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFBA51

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFBA51	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.143 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffce86',
    500: '#ffba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffba51;
$custom-light: #ffce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.207,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83457,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFBA51

secondary

#2568D0

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFBA51

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

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