#FEC55B#FEC55B

#FEC55B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC55B
RGB	rgb(254, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(39, 99%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 64.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, 9.52, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 60.28, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% 0.0227 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.138 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7312, 61.7630, 18.5129)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC55B #5B94FE

analogous

#FE735B #FEC55B #E6FE5B

triadic

#FEC55B #5BFEC5 #C55BFE

tetradic

#FEC55B #5BFE73 #5B94FE #FE5BE6

square

#FEC55B #5BFE73 #5B94FE #FE5BE6

split-complementary

#FEC55B #5BE6FE #735BFE

monochromatic

#DD9001 #FEAF1E #FEC55B #FEDB98 #FFF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#FEC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#FEC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC55B

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC55B	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd68d',
    500: '#fec55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec55b;
$custom-light: #ffd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.018,
    "s": 98.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85514,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC55B

secondary

#2764D6

accent

#50E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC55B

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

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