#FEE499#FEE499

#FEE499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.098 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE499
RGB	rgb(254, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 39.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -1.21, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 39.86, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.0019 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.098 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.3680, 78.8603, 41.4350)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE499 #99B3FE

analogous

#FEB199 #FEE499 #E6FE99

triadic

#FEE499 #99FEE4 #E499FE

tetradic

#FEE499 #99FEB1 #99B3FE #FE99E6

square

#FEE499 #99FEB1 #99B3FE #FE99E6

split-complementary

#FEE499 #99E6FE #B199FE

monochromatic

#FDC420 #FDD45C #FEE499 #FFF4D6 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FEE499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FEE499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE499

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE499	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.098 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecb8',
    500: '#fee499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee499;
$custom-light: #ffecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 98.058,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92354,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE499

secondary

#5B7DE0

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE499

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

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