#FEC981#FEC981

#FEC981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.108 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEC981
RGB	rgb(254, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(35, 98%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 49.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, 10.29, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 44.19, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% 0.0296 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.108 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7250, 64.4330, 29.7396)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEC981 #81B6FE

analogous

#FE8A81 #FEC981 #F4FE81

triadic

#FEC981 #81FEC9 #C981FE

tetradic

#FEC981 #81FE8A #81B6FE #FE81F4

square

#FEC981 #81FE8A #81B6FE #FE81F4

split-complementary

#FEC981 #81F4FE #8A81FE

monochromatic

#FD9508 #FEAF44 #FEC981 #FEE3BE #FFF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#FEC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#FEC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEC981

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEC981	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCB7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fec981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.108 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a6',
    500: '#fec981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fec981;
$custom-light: #ffd9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fec981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.56,
    "s": 98.425,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86755,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEC981

secondary

#4686DD

accent

#61E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEC981

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

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