#FEC457#FEC457

#FEC457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.141 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC457
RGB	rgb(254, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 65.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, 9.81, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 61.78, 80.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% 0.0231 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.141 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3370, 61.2432, 17.5528)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC457 #5791FE

analogous

#FE7157 #FEC457 #E4FE57

triadic

#FEC457 #57FEC4 #C457FE

tetradic

#FEC457 #57FE71 #5791FE #FE57E4

square

#FEC457 #57FE71 #5791FE #FE57E4

split-complementary

#FEC457 #57E4FE #7157FE

monochromatic

#D98E01 #FEAF1A #FEC457 #FED994 #FFEFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#FEC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#FEC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC457

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC457	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.141 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd58b',
    500: '#fec457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec457;
$custom-light: #ffd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.162,
    "s": 98.817,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85285,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC457

secondary

#2662D3

accent

#50E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC457

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

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