#FEC979#FEC979

#FEC979 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.115 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC979
RGB	rgb(254, 201, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, 9.60, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 47.81, 78.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% 0.0267 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.115 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2139, 64.2286, 27.0479)
Luminance	0.6422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC979 #79AEFE

analogous

#FE8679 #FEC979 #F1FE79

triadic

#FEC979 #79FEC9 #C979FE

tetradic

#FEC979 #79FE86 #79AEFE #FE79F1

square

#FEC979 #79FE86 #79AEFE #FE79F1

split-complementary

#FEC979 #79F1FE #8679FE

monochromatic

#FB9802 #FEB13C #FEC979 #FEE1B6 #FFF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FEC979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#FEC979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC979

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC979	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 201, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.115 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a1',
    500: '#fec979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec979;
$custom-light: #ffd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86637,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC979

secondary

#3F7EDC

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC979

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

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