#FEE59D#FEE59D

#FEE59D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.094 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE59D
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 38.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -1.28, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 38.26, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.62% -0.0018 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(92.62% 0.094 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.9798, 79.5464, 43.2961)
Luminance	0.7954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE59D #9DB6FE

analogous

#FEB49D #FEE59D #E6FE9D

triadic

#FEE59D #9DFEE5 #E59DFE

tetradic

#FEE59D #9DFEB4 #9DB6FE #FE9DE6

square

#FEE59D #9DFEB4 #9DB6FE #FE9DE6

split-complementary

#FEE59D #9DE6FE #B49DFE

monochromatic

#FDC524 #FDD560 #FEE59D #FFF5DA #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#FEE59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE59D

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE59D	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.094 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedba',
    500: '#fee59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee59d;
$custom-light: #ffedba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.536,
    "s": 97.98,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92619,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE59D

secondary

#5E80E1

accent

#3BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE59D

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

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