#FED159#FED159

#FED159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.144 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED159
RGB	rgb(254, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 65%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, 3.22, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 63.65, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% 0.0042 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.145 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.4801, 67.3970, 19.0092)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FED159 #5986FE

analogous

#FE7E59 #FED159 #D9FE59

triadic

#FED159 #59FED1 #D159FE

tetradic

#FED159 #59FE7E #5986FE #FE59D9

square

#FED159 #59FE7E #5986FE #FE59D9

split-complementary

#FED159 #59D9FE #7E59FE

monochromatic

#DBA001 #FEC01C #FED159 #FEE296 #FFF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#FED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED159

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED159	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.144 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde8d',
    500: '#fed159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed159;
$custom-light: #ffde8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 98.802,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87801,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED159

secondary

#2756D4

accent

#3FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED159

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

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