#FEC579#FEC579

#FEC579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.114 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC579
RGB	rgb(254, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(34, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, 11.68, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 47.12, 75.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% 0.0328 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.114 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2936, 62.3879, 26.7411)
Luminance	0.6238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC579 #79B2FE

analogous

#FE8279 #FEC579 #F4FE79

triadic

#FEC579 #79FEC5 #C579FE

tetradic

#FEC579 #79FE82 #79B2FE #FE79F4

square

#FEC579 #79FE82 #79B2FE #FE79F4

split-complementary

#FEC579 #79F4FE #8279FE

monochromatic

#FB9002 #FEAB3C #FEC579 #FEDFB6 #FFF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#FEC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#FEC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC579

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC579	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.114 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6a1',
    500: '#fec579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec579;
$custom-light: #ffd6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85881,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC579

secondary

#3F82DC

accent

#62E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC579

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →