#FEC256#FEC256

#FEC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.141 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC256
RGB	rgb(254, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 66.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, 10.79, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 61.85, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% 0.0258 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.141 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.8483, 60.3307, 17.1898)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC256 #5692FE

analogous

#FE6E56 #FEC256 #E6FE56

triadic

#FEC256 #56FEC2 #C256FE

tetradic

#FEC256 #56FE6E #5692FE #FE56E6

square

#FEC256 #56FE6E #5692FE #FE56E6

split-complementary

#FEC256 #56E6FE #6E56FE

monochromatic

#D88C01 #FEAC19 #FEC256 #FED893 #FFEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#FEC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#FEC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC256

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC256	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.141 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd48a',
    500: '#fec256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec256;
$custom-light: #ffd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 98.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84896,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC256

secondary

#2664D2

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC256

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

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