#FFC461#FFC461

#FFC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.134 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC461
RGB	rgb(255, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, 10.83, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 57.76, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% 0.0273 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.134 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1412, 61.6073, 19.8727)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC461 #619CFF

analogous

#FF7561 #FFC461 #EBFF61

triadic

#FFC461 #61FFC4 #C461FF

tetradic

#FFC461 #61FF75 #619CFF #FF61EB

square

#FFC461 #61FF75 #619CFF #FF61EB

split-complementary

#FFC461 #61EBFF #7561FF

monochromatic

#E69000 #FFAD24 #FFC461 #FFDB9E #FFF2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FFC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#FFC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC461

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC461	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.134 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd591',
    500: '#ffc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc461;
$custom-light: #ffd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.595,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8549,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC461

secondary

#2B6CDA

accent

#56E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC461

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

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