#FEC951#FEC951

#FEC951 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC951
RGB	rgb(254, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 99%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, 6.89, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 65.17, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% 0.0138 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.146 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2486, 63.4424, 16.6973)
Luminance	0.6344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC951 #5186FE

analogous

#FE7251 #FEC951 #DDFE51

triadic

#FEC951 #51FEC9 #C951FE

tetradic

#FEC951 #51FE72 #5186FE #FE51DD

square

#FEC951 #51FE72 #5186FE #FE51DD

split-complementary

#FEC951 #51DDFE #7251FE

monochromatic

#D39301 #FEB614 #FEC951 #FEDC8E #FFEFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FEC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#FEC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC951

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC951	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd987',
    500: '#fec951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec951;
$custom-light: #ffd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.618,
    "s": 98.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86184,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC951

secondary

#2559CE

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC951

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

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