#FEC279#FEC279

#FEC279 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.114 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC279
RGB	rgb(254, 194, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, 13.24, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 46.68, 73.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% 0.0374 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.114 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6191, 61.0390, 26.5163)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC279 #79B5FE

analogous

#FE7F79 #FEC279 #F8FE79

triadic

#FEC279 #79FEC2 #C279FE

tetradic

#FEC279 #79FE7F #79B5FE #FE79F8

square

#FEC279 #79FE7F #79B5FE #FE79F8

split-complementary

#FEC279 #79F8FE #7F79FE

monochromatic

#FB8A02 #FEA63C #FEC279 #FEDEB6 #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FEC279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#FEC279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC279

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC279	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 194, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.114 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd4a1',
    500: '#fec279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec279;
$custom-light: #ffd4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.932,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85319,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC279

secondary

#3F86DC

accent

#68E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC279

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

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