#FEC978#FEC978

#FEC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.116 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC978
RGB	rgb(254, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 52.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, 9.52, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 48.26, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% 0.0263 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.116 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1529, 64.2041, 26.7266)
Luminance	0.6420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC978 #78ADFE

analogous

#FE8678 #FEC978 #F0FE78

triadic

#FEC978 #78FEC9 #C978FE

tetradic

#FEC978 #78FE86 #78ADFE #FE78F0

square

#FEC978 #78FE86 #78ADFE #FE78F0

split-complementary

#FEC978 #78F0FE #8678FE

monochromatic

#FA9802 #FEB13B #FEC978 #FEE1B5 #FFF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FEC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#FEC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC978

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC978	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)

#DECA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.116 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a0',
    500: '#fec978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec978;
$custom-light: #ffd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86623,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC978

secondary

#3F7DDC

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC978

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

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