#FEC591#FEC591

#FEC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.094 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC591
RGB	rgb(254, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(29, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(29, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 42.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, 13.91, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 36.62, 67.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% 0.0418 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.094 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9526, 63.0515, 35.4789)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC591 #91CAFE

analogous

#FE9193 #FEC591 #FEFC91

triadic

#FEC591 #91FEC5 #C591FE

tetradic

#FEC591 #93FE91 #91CAFE #FC91FE

square

#FEC591 #93FE91 #91CAFE #FC91FE

split-complementary

#FEC591 #91FEFC #9193FE

monochromatic

#FD8518 #FDA554 #FEC591 #FFE5CE #FFEFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FEC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#FEC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC591

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC591	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.094 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6b1',
    500: '#fec591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec591;
$custom-light: #ffd6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.624,
    "s": 98.198,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86269,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC591

secondary

#549DDF

accent

#78E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC591

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

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