#FFBC51#FFBC51

#FFBC51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFBC51
RGB	rgb(255, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, 14.05, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 63.22, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.0346 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.143 76)
XYZ	xyz(60.7123, 57.8252, 15.7468)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFBC51 #5194FF

analogous

#FF6551 #FFBC51 #EBFF51

triadic

#FFBC51 #51FFBC #BC51FF

tetradic

#FFBC51 #51FF65 #5194FF #FF51EB

square

#FFBC51 #51FF65 #5194FF #FF51EB

split-complementary

#FFBC51 #51EBFF #6551FF

monochromatic

#D68300 #FFA414 #FFBC51 #FFD48E #FFEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#FFBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#FFBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFBC51

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFBC51	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd087',
    500: '#ffbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffbc51;
$custom-light: #ffd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.897,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83829,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.57821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFBC51

secondary

#2566D0

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#19130C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFBC51

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

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