#FED178#FED178

#FED178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.119 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED178
RGB	rgb(254, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 52.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, 5.39, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 49.98, 83.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% 0.0142 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.119 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.0666, 68.0315, 27.3645)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FED178 #78A5FE

analogous

#FE8E78 #FED178 #E8FE78

triadic

#FED178 #78FED1 #D178FE

tetradic

#FED178 #78FE8E #78A5FE #FE78E8

square

#FED178 #78FE8E #78A5FE #FE78E8

split-complementary

#FED178 #78E8FE #8E78FE

monochromatic

#FAA602 #FEBC3B #FED178 #FEE6B5 #FFF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FED178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#FED178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED178

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED178	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.119 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea1',
    500: '#fed178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed178;
$custom-light: #ffdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88154,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED178

secondary

#3F73DC

accent

#4DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED178

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

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