#FFC451#FFC451

#FFC451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.145 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC451
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, 9.89, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 64.43, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% 0.0225 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.145 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4689, 61.3384, 16.3323)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC451 #518CFF

analogous

#FF6D51 #FFC451 #E3FF51

triadic

#FFC451 #51FFC4 #C451FF

tetradic

#FFC451 #51FF6D #518CFF #FF51E3

square

#FFC451 #51FF6D #518CFF #FF51E3

split-complementary

#FFC451 #51E3FF #6D51FF

monochromatic

#D68D00 #FFAF14 #FFC451 #FFD98E #FFEECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FFC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#FFC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC451

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC451	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.145 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd587',
    500: '#ffc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc451;
$custom-light: #ffd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.655,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85331,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC451

secondary

#255FD0

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC451

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

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