#FED979#FED979

#FED979 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.122 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FED979
RGB	rgb(254, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, 1.37, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 51.62, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% 0.0026 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.122 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.1398, 72.0804, 28.3566)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FED979 #799EFE

analogous

#FE9679 #FED979 #E1FE79

triadic

#FED979 #79FED9 #D979FE

tetradic

#FED979 #79FE96 #799EFE #FE79E1

square

#FED979 #79FE96 #799EFE #FE79E1

split-complementary

#FED979 #79E1FE #9679FE

monochromatic

#FBB502 #FEC83C #FED979 #FEEAB6 #FFF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FED979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#FED979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FED979

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FED979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FED979	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fed979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.122 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a2',
    500: '#fed979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fed979;
$custom-light: #ffe4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fed979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8972,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FED979

secondary

#3F6BDC

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FED979

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

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