#FFC561#FFC561

#FFC561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.134 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC561
RGB	rgb(255, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, 10.31, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 57.93, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% 0.0257 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.134 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3675, 62.0599, 19.9481)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC561 #619BFF

analogous

#FF7661 #FFC561 #EAFF61

triadic

#FFC561 #61FFC5 #C561FF

tetradic

#FFC561 #61FF76 #619BFF #FF61EA

square

#FFC561 #61FF76 #619BFF #FF61EA

split-complementary

#FFC561 #61EAFF #7661FF

monochromatic

#E69100 #FFAF24 #FFC561 #FFDB9E #FFF2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#FFC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#FFC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC561

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC561	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.134 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd691',
    500: '#ffc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc561;
$custom-light: #ffd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.975,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85679,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC561

secondary

#2B6BDA

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC561

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

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