#FEC495#FEC495

#FEC495 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.090 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC495
RGB	rgb(254, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(27, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(27, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 41.3%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.30, 14.85, 31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.30, 34.88, 64.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% 0.0449 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.09 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.0402, 62.7244, 37.0565)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC495 #95CFFE

analogous

#FE959B #FEC495 #FEF895

triadic

#FEC495 #95FEC4 #C495FE

tetradic

#FEC495 #9BFE95 #95CFFE #F895FE

square

#FEC495 #9BFE95 #95CFFE #F895FE

split-complementary

#FEC495 #95FEF8 #959BFE

monochromatic

#FD811C #FDA258 #FEC495 #FFE6D2 #FFEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FEC495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#FEC495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC495

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC495	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.090 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd5b4',
    500: '#fec495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec495;
$custom-light: #ffd5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.857,
    "s": 98.131,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86156,
    "c": 0.09045,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC495

secondary

#57A3E0

accent

#7FE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC495

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

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