#FED261#FED261

#FED261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.139 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED261
RGB	rgb(254, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 61.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, 3.19, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 60.51, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% 0.0051 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.139 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0806, 68.0309, 20.9577)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FED261 #618DFE

analogous

#FE8461 #FED261 #DBFE61

triadic

#FED261 #61FED2 #D261FE

tetradic

#FED261 #61FE84 #618DFE #FE61DB

square

#FED261 #61FE84 #618DFE #FE61DB

split-complementary

#FED261 #61DBFE #8461FE

monochromatic

#E3A401 #FEC124 #FED261 #FEE39E #FFF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#FED261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#FED261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED261

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED261	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)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.139 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#fed261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 98.742,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88074,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED261

secondary

#2B5CD8

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150D

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED261

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

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