Golden Yellow#FEC615

#FEC615 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.171 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Golden Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FEC615
RGB	rgb(254, 198, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 99%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 92%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 91.7%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, 6.53, 81.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 82.09, 85.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% 0.0076 0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.171 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.2067, 61.5176, 9.3597)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC615 #154DFE

analogous

#FE5215 #FEC615 #C2FE15

triadic

#FEC615 #15FEC6 #C615FE

tetradic

#FEC615 #15FE52 #154DFE #FE15C2

square

#FEC615 #15FE52 #154DFE #FE15C2

split-complementary

#FEC615 #15C2FE #5215FE

monochromatic

#987401 #D5A201 #FEC615 #FED552 #FFE48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#FEC615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#FEC615 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC615

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC615	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 198, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.171 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd66d',
    500: '#fec615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec615;
$custom-light: #ffd66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.579,
    "s": 99.149,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85292,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC615

secondary

#1C3B9B

accent

#5CFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#191408

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC615

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

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