#FEAE57#FEAE57

#FEAE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEAE57
RGB	rgb(254, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 65.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 21.28, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 59.24, 68.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0568 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.139 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7334, 52.0360, 16.0183)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEAE57 #57A7FE

analogous

#FE5A57 #FEAE57 #FBFE57

triadic

#FEAE57 #57FEAE #AE57FE

tetradic

#FEAE57 #57FE5A #57A7FE #FE57FB

square

#FEAE57 #57FE5A #57A7FE #FE57FB

split-complementary

#FEAE57 #57FBFE #5A57FE

monochromatic

#D97201 #FE911A #FEAE57 #FECB94 #FFE9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FEAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#FEAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEAE57

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEAE57	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #feae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc689',
    500: '#feae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #feae57;
$custom-light: #ffc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#feae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.257,
    "s": 98.817,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81218,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEAE57

secondary

#2679D3

accent

#6EE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEAE57

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

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