#FFC161#FFC161

#FFC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.133 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC161
RGB	rgb(255, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, 12.39, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 57.27, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% 0.0318 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.133 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4713, 60.2674, 19.6494)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC161 #619FFF

analogous

#FF7261 #FFC161 #EEFF61

triadic

#FFC161 #61FFC1 #C161FF

tetradic

#FFC161 #61FF72 #619FFF #FF61EE

square

#FFC161 #61FF72 #619FFF #FF61EE

split-complementary

#FFC161 #61EEFF #7261FF

monochromatic

#E68C00 #FFA924 #FFC161 #FFD99E #FFF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FFC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#FFC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC161

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC161	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.133 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd391',
    500: '#ffc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc161;
$custom-light: #ffd391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.456,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84926,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC161

secondary

#2B6FDA

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC161

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

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