#FEC157#FEC157

#FEC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.140 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC157
RGB	rgb(254, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 65.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, 11.36, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 61.27, 79.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% 0.0276 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.14 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6670, 59.9033, 17.3295)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC157 #5794FE

analogous

#FE6E57 #FEC157 #E7FE57

triadic

#FEC157 #57FEC1 #C157FE

tetradic

#FEC157 #57FE6E #5794FE #FE57E7

square

#FEC157 #57FE6E #5794FE #FE57E7

split-complementary

#FEC157 #57E7FE #6E57FE

monochromatic

#D98A01 #FEAB1A #FEC157 #FED794 #FFEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FEC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#FEC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC157

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC157	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.140 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd38b',
    500: '#fec157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec157;
$custom-light: #ffd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.084,
    "s": 98.817,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84717,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC157

secondary

#2665D3

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC157

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

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