#FFD261#FFD261

#FFD261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.139 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD261
RGB	rgb(255, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, 3.61, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 60.66, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% 0.0062 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.139 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.4476, 68.2202, 20.9749)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD261 #618EFF

analogous

#FF8361 #FFD261 #DDFF61

triadic

#FFD261 #61FFD2 #D261FF

tetradic

#FFD261 #61FF83 #618EFF #FF61DD

square

#FFD261 #61FF83 #618EFF #FF61DD

split-complementary

#FFD261 #61DDFF #8361FF

monochromatic

#E6A400 #FFC124 #FFD261 #FFE39E #FFF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#FFD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#FFD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD261

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD261	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.139 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#ffd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.911,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88171,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD261

secondary

#2B5CDA

accent

#41E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD261

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

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