#FEC480#FEC480

#FEC480 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.108 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC480
RGB	rgb(254, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(32, 98%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(32, 50%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 49.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, 12.80, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 43.86, 73.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% 0.0369 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.108 70)
XYZ	xyz(64.5122, 62.1132, 29.0090)
Luminance	0.6211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC480 #80BAFE

analogous

#FE8580 #FEC480 #F9FE80

triadic

#FEC480 #80FEC4 #C480FE

tetradic

#FEC480 #80FE85 #80BAFE #FE80F9

square

#FEC480 #80FE85 #80BAFE #FE80F9

split-complementary

#FEC480 #80F9FE #8580FE

monochromatic

#FD8C07 #FEA843 #FEC480 #FEE0BD #FFF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#FEC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#FEC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC480

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC480	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C77B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.108 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd5a6',
    500: '#fec480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec480;
$custom-light: #ffd5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.381,
    "s": 98.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85798,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.62109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC480

secondary

#458BDD

accent

#6AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC480

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

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