#FEC596#FEC596

#FEC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.090 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC596
RGB	rgb(254, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(27, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(27, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 40.9%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, 14.43, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 34.54, 65.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% 0.0438 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.09 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3467, 63.2091, 37.5542)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC596 #96CFFE

analogous

#FE969B #FEC596 #FEF996

triadic

#FEC596 #96FEC5 #C596FE

tetradic

#FEC596 #9BFE96 #96CFFE #F996FE

square

#FEC596 #9BFE96 #96CFFE #F996FE

split-complementary

#FEC596 #96FEF9 #969BFE

monochromatic

#FD821D #FDA459 #FEC596 #FFE6D3 #FFEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#FEC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#FEC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC596

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC596	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.090 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd6b5',
    500: '#fec596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec596;
$custom-light: #ffd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.115,
    "s": 98.113,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86361,
    "c": 0.08953,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC596

secondary

#58A3E0

accent

#7EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC596

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

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