#FFC261#FFC261

#FFC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.133 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC261
RGB	rgb(255, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, 11.87, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 57.43, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% 0.0303 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.133 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.6931, 60.7111, 19.7233)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC261 #619EFF

analogous

#FF7361 #FFC261 #EDFF61

triadic

#FFC261 #61FFC2 #C261FF

tetradic

#FFC261 #61FF73 #619EFF #FF61ED

square

#FFC261 #61FF73 #619EFF #FF61ED

split-complementary

#FFC261 #61EDFF #7361FF

monochromatic

#E68D00 #FFAA24 #FFC261 #FFDA9E #FFF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FFC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#FFC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC261

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC261	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.133 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd491',
    500: '#ffc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc261;
$custom-light: #ffd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.835,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85114,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC261

secondary

#2B6EDA

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC261

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

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