#FEE497#FEE497

#FEE497 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.100 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE497
RGB	rgb(254, 228, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 40.6%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -1.42, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 40.83, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(92.32% -0.0026 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(92.32% 0.1 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.2042, 78.7947, 40.5723)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE497 #97B1FE

analogous

#FEB197 #FEE497 #E5FE97

triadic

#FEE497 #97FEE4 #E497FE

tetradic

#FEE497 #97FEB1 #97B1FE #FE97E5

square

#FEE497 #97FEB1 #97B1FE #FE97E5

split-complementary

#FEE497 #97E5FE #B197FE

monochromatic

#FDC51E #FDD45A #FEE497 #FFF4D4 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FEE497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#FEE497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE497

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE497	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 228, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.100 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb6',
    500: '#fee497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee497;
$custom-light: #ffecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.854,
    "s": 98.095,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92321,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE497

secondary

#597BE0

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE497

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

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