#FEC04E#FEC04E

#FEC04E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.146 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC04E
RGB	rgb(254, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 99%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 69.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, 11.40, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 64.77, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% 0.0266 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.146 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.1017, 59.3247, 15.4389)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC04E #4E8CFE

analogous

#FE684E #FEC04E #E4FE4E

triadic

#FEC04E #4EFEC0 #C04EFE

tetradic

#FEC04E #4EFE68 #4E8CFE #FE4EE4

square

#FEC04E #4EFE68 #4E8CFE #FE4EE4

split-complementary

#FEC04E #4EE4FE #684EFE

monochromatic

#D08701 #FEAA11 #FEC04E #FED68B #FFEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#FEC04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#FEC04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC04E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC04E	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.146 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd285',
    500: '#fec04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec04e;
$custom-light: #ffd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.864,
    "s": 98.876,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84446,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC04E

secondary

#2560CB

accent

#51E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140B

muted

#87837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC04E

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

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