#FFCA51#FFCA51

#FFCA51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.147 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCA51
RGB	rgb(255, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, 6.79, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 65.54, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% 0.0135 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.147 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.8494, 64.0994, 16.7925)
Luminance	0.6410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCA51 #5186FF

analogous

#FF7351 #FFCA51 #DDFF51

triadic

#FFCA51 #51FFCA #CA51FF

tetradic

#FFCA51 #51FF73 #5186FF #FF51DD

square

#FFCA51 #51FF73 #5186FF #FF51DD

split-complementary

#FFCA51 #51DDFF #7351FF

monochromatic

#D69500 #FFB714 #FFCA51 #FFDD8E #FFEFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FFCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#FFCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCA51

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCA51	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.147 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd988',
    500: '#ffca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffca51;
$custom-light: #ffd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.724,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86476,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCA51

secondary

#2559D0

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCA51

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

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