#FEC799#FEC799

#FEC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.087 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC799
RGB	rgb(254, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(27, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, 13.71, 30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 33.46, 65.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% 0.0419 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.087 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.0485, 64.2213, 38.9952)
Luminance	0.6422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC799 #99D0FE

analogous

#FE999E #FEC799 #FEFA99

triadic

#FEC799 #99FEC7 #C799FE

tetradic

#FEC799 #9EFE99 #99D0FE #FA99FE

square

#FEC799 #9EFE99 #99D0FE #FA99FE

split-complementary

#FEC799 #99FEFA #999EFE

monochromatic

#FD8420 #FDA65C #FEC799 #FFE8D6 #FFEEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FEC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#FEC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC799

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC799	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.087 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd8b7',
    500: '#fec799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec799;
$custom-light: #ffd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.327,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8679,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC799

secondary

#5BA4E0

accent

#7DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC799

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

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