#FEC490#FEC490

#FEC490 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.095 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC490
RGB	rgb(254, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(28, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(28, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 43.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, 14.33, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 36.95, 67.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% 0.043 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.095 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.6495, 62.5682, 34.9992)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC490 #90CAFE

analogous

#FE9093 #FEC490 #FEFB90

triadic

#FEC490 #90FEC4 #C490FE

tetradic

#FEC490 #93FE90 #90CAFE #FB90FE

square

#FEC490 #93FE90 #90CAFE #FB90FE

split-complementary

#FEC490 #90FEFB #9093FE

monochromatic

#FD8417 #FDA453 #FEC490 #FFE4CD #FFEFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FEC490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#FEC490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC490

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC490	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.095 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd5b1',
    500: '#fec490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec490;
$custom-light: #ffd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.364,
    "s": 98.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86065,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC490

secondary

#539DDF

accent

#79E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181410

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC490

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

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