#FEC278#FEC278

#FEC278 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.114 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC278
RGB	rgb(254, 194, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 52.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, 13.15, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 47.12, 73.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% 0.0371 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.114 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5581, 61.0146, 26.1950)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC278 #78B4FE

analogous

#FE7F78 #FEC278 #F7FE78

triadic

#FEC278 #78FEC2 #C278FE

tetradic

#FEC278 #78FE7F #78B4FE #FE78F7

square

#FEC278 #78FE7F #78B4FE #FE78F7

split-complementary

#FEC278 #78F7FE #7F78FE

monochromatic

#FA8B02 #FEA73B #FEC278 #FEDDB5 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FEC278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#FEC278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC278

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC278	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 194, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.114 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd4a0',
    500: '#fec278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec278;
$custom-light: #ffd4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85304,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC278

secondary

#3F85DC

accent

#67E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC278

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

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