#FEC179#FEC179

#FEC179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.113 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC179
RGB	rgb(254, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(32, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, 13.76, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 46.54, 72.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% 0.039 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.113 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3973, 60.5954, 26.4424)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC179 #79B6FE

analogous

#FE7E79 #FEC179 #F9FE79

triadic

#FEC179 #79FEC1 #C179FE

tetradic

#FEC179 #79FE7E #79B6FE #FE79F9

square

#FEC179 #79FE7E #79B6FE #FE79F9

split-complementary

#FEC179 #79F9FE #7E79FE

monochromatic

#FB8902 #FEA53C #FEC179 #FEDDB6 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FEC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#FEC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC179

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC179	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.113 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd3a1',
    500: '#fec179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec179;
$custom-light: #ffd3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.481,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85132,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC179

secondary

#3F87DC

accent

#69E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC179

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

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