Saffron#FEB209

#FEB209 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.169 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

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Color values

HEX	#FEB209
RGB	rgb(254, 178, 9)
HSL	hsl(41, 99%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 96%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 96.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 16.80, 79.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 81.62, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% 0.0364 0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.169 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8473, 52.9364, 7.4822)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEB209 #0955FE

analogous

#FE3809 #FEB209 #CFFE09

triadic

#FEB209 #09FEB2 #B209FE

tetradic

#FEB209 #09FE38 #0955FE #FE09CF

square

#FEB209 #09FE38 #0955FE #FE09CF

split-complementary

#FEB209 #09CFFE #3809FE

monochromatic

#8C6101 #C98B01 #FEB209 #FEC546 #FED883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FEB209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#FEB209 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEB209

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEB209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEB209	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C81A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #feb209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 178, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.169 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc868',
    500: '#feb209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #feb209;
$custom-light: #ffc868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#feb209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.388,
    "s": 99.19,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.16895,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEB209

secondary

#1A3F91

accent

#6BFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F0

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1307

muted

#87827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEB209

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

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