#FEC460#FEC460

#FEC460 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.134 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC460
RGB	rgb(254, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 62.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, 10.35, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 57.97, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% 0.0258 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.134 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7278, 61.3995, 19.6115)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC460 #609AFE

analogous

#FE7560 #FEC460 #E9FE60

triadic

#FEC460 #60FEC4 #C460FE

tetradic

#FEC460 #60FE75 #609AFE #FE60E9

square

#FEC460 #60FE75 #609AFE #FE60E9

split-complementary

#FEC460 #60E9FE #7560FE

monochromatic

#E29001 #FEAD23 #FEC460 #FEDB9D #FFF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FEC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#FEC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC460

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC460	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.134 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd590',
    500: '#fec460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec460;
$custom-light: #ffd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.975,
    "s": 98.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85377,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC460

secondary

#2A6AD8

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC460

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

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