#FFD981#FFD981

#FFD981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.115 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD981
RGB	rgb(255, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(42, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 49.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, 2.45, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 48.05, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% 0.0066 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.115 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.0179, 72.4741, 31.0655)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD981 #81A7FF

analogous

#FF9A81 #FFD981 #E6FF81

triadic

#FFD981 #81FFD9 #D981FF

tetradic

#FFD981 #81FF9A #81A7FF #FF81E6

square

#FFD981 #81FF9A #81A7FF #FF81E6

split-complementary

#FFD981 #81E6FF #9A81FF

monochromatic

#FFB407 #FFC744 #FFD981 #FFEBBE #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FFD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#FFD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD981

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD981	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD77A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.115 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a7',
    500: '#ffd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd981;
$custom-light: #ffe4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89922,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD981

secondary

#4674DE

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD981

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

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