#FEC178#FEC178

#FEC178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.114 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC178
RGB	rgb(254, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 52.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, 13.68, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 46.98, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% 0.0386 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.114 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.3363, 60.5710, 26.1211)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC178 #78B5FE

analogous

#FE7E78 #FEC178 #F8FE78

triadic

#FEC178 #78FEC1 #C178FE

tetradic

#FEC178 #78FE7E #78B5FE #FE78F8

square

#FEC178 #78FE7E #78B5FE #FE78F8

split-complementary

#FEC178 #78F8FE #7E78FE

monochromatic

#FA8902 #FEA53B #FEC178 #FEDDB5 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FEC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#FEC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC178

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC178	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.114 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a0',
    500: '#fec178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec178;
$custom-light: #ffd3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.687,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85117,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC178

secondary

#3F86DC

accent

#68E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC178

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

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