#FFCC51#FFCC51

#FFCC51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.148 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCC51
RGB	rgb(255, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, 5.76, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 65.95, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% 0.0105 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.148 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3218, 65.0440, 16.9499)
Luminance	0.6504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCC51 #5184FF

analogous

#FF7551 #FFCC51 #DBFF51

triadic

#FFCC51 #51FFCC #CC51FF

tetradic

#FFCC51 #51FF75 #5184FF #FF51DB

square

#FFCC51 #51FF75 #5184FF #FF51DB

split-complementary

#FFCC51 #51DBFF #7551FF

monochromatic

#D69700 #FFBA14 #FFCC51 #FFDE8E #FFF0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FFCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#FFCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCC51

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCC51	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.148 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb88',
    500: '#ffcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcc51;
$custom-light: #ffdb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8686,
    "c": 0.14802,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCC51

secondary

#2557D0

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCC51

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

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