#FEC261#FEC261

#FEC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.133 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC261
RGB	rgb(254, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 61.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, 11.46, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 57.20, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% 0.0292 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.133 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3261, 60.5218, 19.7061)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC261 #619DFE

analogous

#FE7461 #FEC261 #ECFE61

triadic

#FEC261 #61FEC2 #C261FE

tetradic

#FEC261 #61FE74 #619DFE #FE61EC

square

#FEC261 #61FE74 #619DFE #FE61EC

split-complementary

#FEC261 #61ECFE #7461FE

monochromatic

#E38D01 #FEAB24 #FEC261 #FED99E #FFF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#FEC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#FEC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC261

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC261	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.133 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd491',
    500: '#fec261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec261;
$custom-light: #ffd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.07,
    "s": 98.742,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85011,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC261

secondary

#2B6DD8

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC261

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

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