#FEE59E#FEE59E

#FEE59E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.093 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEE59E
RGB	rgb(254, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(44, 98%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(44, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 37.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.50, -1.17, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.50, 37.78, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.64% -0.0014 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(92.64% 0.093 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.0655, 79.5807, 43.7476)
Luminance	0.7958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEE59E #9EB7FE

analogous

#FEB59E #FEE59E #E7FE9E

triadic

#FEE59E #9EFEE5 #E59EFE

tetradic

#FEE59E #9EFEB5 #9EB7FE #FE9EE7

square

#FEE59E #9EFEB5 #9EB7FE #FE9EE7

split-complementary

#FEE59E #9EE7FE #B59EFE

monochromatic

#FDC525 #FDD561 #FEE59E #FFF5DB #FFF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FEE59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#FEE59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEE59E

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEE59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEE59E	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fee59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.093 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffedbb',
    500: '#fee59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fee59e;
$custom-light: #ffedbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fee59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.375,
    "s": 97.959,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92636,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEE59E

secondary

#5F81E1

accent

#3CE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEE59E

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

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