#FEE59B#FEE59B

#FEE59B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.097 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE59B
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 155)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 39%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.45, -1.50, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.45, 39.23, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.59% -0.0026 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(92.59% 0.097 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.8104, 79.4787, 42.4042)
Luminance	0.7948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE59B #9BB4FE

analogous

#FEB39B #FEE59B #E6FE9B

triadic

#FEE59B #9BFEE5 #E59BFE

tetradic

#FEE59B #9BFEB3 #9BB4FE #FE9BE6

square

#FEE59B #9BFEB3 #9BB4FE #FE9BE6

split-complementary

#FEE59B #9BE6FE #B39BFE

monochromatic

#FDC522 #FDD55E #FEE59B #FFF5D8 #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#FEE59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE59B

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE59B	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.097 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedb9',
    500: '#fee59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee59b;
$custom-light: #ffedb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.848,
    "s": 98.02,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92585,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE59B

secondary

#5C7EE1

accent

#3AE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE59B

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

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